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

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Raise your hand if your child has experienced fears at bedtime that a monster might be lurking somewhere in their room, perhaps ...

UPMC Children's hosted a teddy bear clinic to help kids manage medical fears through play to improve children's confidence in healthcare.

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 ...