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

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

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, ...

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

"When you set goals together, it gives yourself and the kids some more accountability. And that's really what it's about," Dr ...

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 ...

You’re reading your child’s IEP, evaluation report, or behavior plan and suddenly you’re stuck on a phrase that feels ...

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 ...

Only about 20% of preschoolers in the US followed five to six healthy habits, with clear differences by socioeconomic factors and geographic location. Children who lived in homes with enough food, had ...

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 ...