(Reuters Health) - - Teaching preschoolers to regulate their own behavior around food, combined with obesity prevention messages, did not reduce obesity or most obesity-related behaviors in a ...

As their brain regions linked to self-control mature, preschoolers improve in their ability to stop themselves from doing something, according to new research published in JNeurosci. A component of ...

Preschool is an important time for children to build pro-social behaviors and learn to get along with other kids in a school setting. Recently, there has been more emphasis on academic preparation in ...

A new neuroscience twist on a classic psychology study offers some clues to what makes one student able to buckle down for hours of homework before a test while his classmates party. The study, ...

This study explores children's early academic and self-regulatory skills as potential pathways through which a preschool enrichment program—the Chicago School Readiness Project (CSRP)—may contribute ...

A team of researchers has identified measures we take in order to skirt having to exert self-control in our daily lives -- findings that offer new insights into what motivates human behavior. A team ...

Any parent will tell you that raising a child isn't easy. While the experience can be filled with joy and love and fulfilment ...

Community partnerships are helping teach preschool students the importance of safety, assertiveness, and awareness. The SAFE Self Preschool Program is offered through The Resource Connection and is ...

The researchers say their experiments are the first to show that children are more willing to delay gratification for cooperative reasons than for individual goals. Children are more likely to control ...

A few weeks ago, my three-year-old son was playing with a pill crusher. I asked him to stop. He didn’t. So I took it away and placed it on my desk. That night, during bedtime, we were in my room when ...