Scott Ervin is an independent facilitator of parenting with Love and Logic and The Nine Essential Skills for the Love and Logic Classroom. He is a parent and behavioral consultant based in the Miami ...

We can change undesirable behavior habits. The earlier we intervene, the greater the impact. This article describes the late neuroscientist Jeremy Richman’s journey of discovery about how to do this ...

I guarantee you can get better behavior from your child. You must make it perfectly clear that what he does will determine what happens to him. Ruth A. Peters, Ph.D. Today in "Parenting Weekends" we ...

I have tried a chore chart. Cutely decorated and color-coded. Tiny adorable clothespins with chores named in tiny adorable block letters on their sides. Ribbons for those clothespins to hang from.

Almost all the literature on behavioral consequences pertains to children. It's about effectively disciplining them by consistently applying negative repercussions when they act out. This post, ...

I used to finish every sentence with “you know?” It was a habit that drove my mom nuts. She talked to me about it — a lot. But when she started saying “No, I don’t know,” every time I said it, she ...

Do you have a well thought-out discipline system in place in your family? Most parents don’t. Often parents simply discipline the way they themselves were disciplined. Some choose to do just the ...

Daylight saving time may be setting back your healthy habits, new research suggests. On March 10, most people across the U.S. put their clocks forward by an hour to mark the beginning of daylight ...