The headline in the Nov. 9 Herald & Review read, “Teachers: Suspension ban creating unruly students.” Well, what did they expect? In the absence of consequences, children of any age will naturally ...

Kicking. Yelling. Throwing school supplies across the room. Physical violence. Teachers report experiencing these every day. And when class sizes bloat, or teachers don’t feel supported by their ...

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 ...

Source: Dejan Dundjerski/Shutterstock In my work with highly oppositional children and teens, I often hear parents say that consequences haven’t worked. From their perspective, this is true. Most ...