Encouraging children to maintain a daily goal journal can help them stay focused on their objectives. They can write down ...

How to set supportive goals with your child As the new year begins, so do the resolutions. Many people set ambitious goals — reading 50 books […] ...

As New Year’s resolutions continue to trend, experts say goal-setting can be especially pivotal for youth. While adults often ...

Most parents want their kids to be successful and happy. But these vague goals lead to daily battles. Needs-based parenting ...

Setting and achieving goals helps kids (and grown-ups) build self-esteem — and teaches perseverance, too. When children set goals, it helps them practice executive function skills like planning.

Dr. Karen Streeter explains why goal setting matters for children and how SMART goals can build critical thinking skills, ...

Goal setting is a research-informed intervention that has demonstrated improved behavioral outcomes for students with emotional and behavioral disorders. However, not all students will respond to goal ...

As January looms, so does the adage “New Year, New You.” Despite all good intentions, the adage's call to action seldom lasts beyond a few weeks. While statistics vary, the most common resolutions ...

Remember Malcolm Gladwell's famous "10,000-hour rule" from his bestselling book Outliers? It proposed that achieving mastery in any field required roughly 10,000 hours of practice, emphasizing the ...

For over 10 years, the Behavioral Insights and Parenting Lab at the University of Chicago has been investigating how parents make decisions. A key insight from our research is that what parents do ...

Physical activity benefits people of all ages, including kids. Despite widespread recognition of the positive impact physical activity has on children, many kids are not getting enough exercise. In an ...