Psychologists say it is. In fact, they warn that certain "nice" gestures from parents and grandparents can actually cause ...

Anxiety is one of the most common mental health challenges affecting children and adolescents nationwide. Research from the ...

Sensitive, conscientious kids don't break down because they are weak. They burn out from a culture that treats chronic worry as a sign of responsibility.

Some families aren't leaving their homes as aggressive ICE operations continue in Minnesota, leaving their children confined ...

Nearly three in 10 American adults still face fear of the dark, a figure that might surprise many people. Fear of the dark is one of the most common fears among kids between 6 and 12 years old, yet it ...

In my very first Kids & Culture Alert! newsletter published in April of 2005, I discussed the sad epidemic of fear of failure that was rampant in America then. Well, more than five years later, fear ...

Long before scary movies and graphic video games, children were afraid of going to bed in the dark. Being terrified of monsters hiding under the bed or in the closet is a universal phenomenon, and you ...