Starting Saturday, anyone in the United States who is having a mental health crisis will have a new easy-to-remember, three-digit tool to get 24/7 help: Dialing 9-8-8.
Parent management techniques (PMT) helps parents limit outbursts by teaching alternative ways to handle misbehavior. The focus is on using positive reinforcement for what a child does right, rather than punishment.
The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child explains how early childhood experiences can strengthen or disrupt a child’s emotional well-being.
These days, resilience is needed more than ever, and one simple, under recognized way of supporting healthy and resilient child development is as old as humanity itself: play.
