Vulnerability causes people to do some interesting things. For preteens, it often manifests into cutthroat judgment and meanness as defense mechanisms. If you look stupid, then I won’t. Couple that ...

It’s the night before your child has a big paper or project due and panic has set in. Deadlines have already been missed and now your child has a mountain of work to complete. As you hunker down to ...

Executive function enablers and deficits Three main factors that impact the likelihood of students developing executive function skills at school are positive relationships with adults, experiences ...

I enjoyed the article about math anxiety (“The Myth Fueling Math Anxiety,” Big Ideas special report, Jan. 8, 2020). As a neuroscientist who specializes in how the core skills of executive function ...

The name of this Psychology Today blog is “Screen Play," which might lead one to believe that it’s about movies and television. But the focus is more on the screens kids are using today—their cell ...

Leading educators and futurists agree that mastering executive-functioning skills such as organization, flexibility, planning, and time management will be crucial to success at school and in many 21st ...

(Editor’s note: For the back-to-school season, Education Lab asked readers what is on their minds this time of year. This is the fifth question we’ve answered ...

Parents of young children probably recognize the hectic mornings filled with reminding the kids to eat breakfast, brush their teeth and put on their shoes – and hurry up, you’re gonna be late! Most ...

Companies in the U.S. dedicate a significant amount of time and resources to improve employee engagement, spending an estimated $100 billion annually on initiatives such as surveys, measurement and ...

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the country struggle to move their brick-and-mortar classrooms to remote online learning environments. While empowering students to take the lead in ...