An ag professor shares how removing artificial food dyes transformed her son’s behavior—and what parents should watch for.

Controlling behavior occurs when a person attempts to force another person to conform to their own needs or desires through some form of manipulation. The outsized desire for control is unhealthy and ...

All children suffer in families where one partner abuses and controls the other (Stark, 2023). In our work, we have seen that first-born child often suffer the most. In coercive control, one person ...

If anything like that sounds familiar, read on. Psychologists explain what it means to be a “controlling” parent, nine habits ...

Sophie King-Hill receives funding from the ESRC. Kieran McCartan receives funding from EU Horizon 2020 & NHS Bristol Vanguard. Nearly half of young people aged between 13 and 17 who have been in a ...

With kids going back to school, many parents are concerned about how their child will do managing their behavior for eight hours a day. School can be overwhelming for kids who may already struggle ...

Young children often display similar eating behavior as their parents, with a parent's own eating style influencing how they feed their children. Young children often display similar eating behaviour ...

Michaela James receives funding from ADR Wales. Mayara Silveira Bianchim receives funding from Cystic Fibrosis Trust. The wellbeing of children is under the spotlight in the UK, after a 2025 report ...

A long-held view is that compulsive behaviors involve individuals getting stuck in a "habit loop" that overrides self-control ...