Think back to the last time you were eating a bag of plantain chips. Did you eat just one or did you end up eating the whole bag? What about the last time you opened up a half gallon of ice cream – ...

Think of all the ways we associate control with good parenting (consider this concept in the frame of teaching as well). We ...

Combining a script from a popular movie, with the wisdom from the famous rational therapist Dr. Albert Ellis, Kingston Canada psychologist, Dr. Irwin Altrows, spun a charming story for teaching ...

No school shooting can fail to make you shudder in disbelief, and the latest one in Oregon was no exception. Even though that tragedy occurred in a small town across the country, we all know that it ...

Re “Virginian-Pilot reporter among those killed in Granby Street shooting in downtown Norfolk” (March 19): After the tragic shootings on Granby Street came the usual statements from politicians that ...

As educators, we dream of self-directed learners who are empowered to take responsibility for their own learning. A critical skill is self-regulation. Self-regulation is the ability to monitor and ...

Self-regulation is a useful skill that helps individuals cope with certain emotional behaviors and physical movements during stressful situations. In addition, self-regulation helps individuals stay ...