When teenagers push against family boundaries, parents often become emotionally reactive. While teens can be difficult, and ...

It is so easy to interpret our child's misbehavior as intentional defiance. I encourage you to change your mentality and view misbehavior as an expression of an overwhelmed brain.

Mission Connection has released a guide to oppositional defiant disorder, covering how the condition manifests in adults, how ...

Young adolescents, especially boys, who participated in organized sports between ages 6 and 10 are less likely to defy their parents, teachers and other authority figures, a new study by researchers ...

Each year, millions of American kids are suspended or expelled from school. But are short-term actions to punish or correct bad behavior in the classroom or schoolyard exacting a long-term cost on a ...