When the new school year starts it’s a busy time. Families are finding backpacks and bus passes and digging out lunch boxes. We help our students get ready for their first day the best we can, 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.

• Example: Instead of "eat healthier," families should commit to "eat a healthy, balanced meal two times a week for the next four weeks" MADISON, Wis. — The "Time for Kids: A Recipe for Health" ...

When Caroline Adams Miller learned about the science of goal setting, her professional and personal life changed forever. It was 2005, and Adams Miller was a student at the University of Pennsylvania ...