Psychology Today

While anger is generally experienced as an uncomfortable emotion, the passive-aggressive person derives pleasure out of frustrating others.

What is your mantra for bringing an end to bullying—in seven words or less?

Connecting stress management strategies with age-appropriate brain science can offer a pathway of insight and self-regulation for children.

The bad news is that bullying is pervasive among school-aged kids. The good news is that there are many ways parents can safeguard their children and empower them to cope

Compliant defiance and hostile cooperation wreak havoc in the workplace. How to recognize passive aggressive behavior before your office is sabotaged.

How do you fight the urge to solve the kinds of challenges that are necessary for your child’s healthy emotional growth?

What my children have taught me is that it is better to be a human being than a human doing.

You've hemmed and you've hawed, but finally you've given in and bought your child a smartphone. Now, the challenge begins: how do you ensure that he or she uses it wisely? Here are 10 guidelines to promote respectful, responsible use of your child’s new gadget.

It is important to distinguish between rude, mean, and bullying so that teachers, school administrators, police, youth workers, parents, and kids all know what to pay attention to and when to intervene.

There isn’t a simple one-age-fits-all guideline for texting and social media use, but parents can teach kids how to use technology in safe, dignified, respectful ways.

True helping does not necessitate rushing in to solve all of a young person’s troubles single-handedly, but rather implies a process in which an adult guides a young person to solve problems independently and with dignity. What follows are five steps to guide parents and professionals in responding well when a young person reports an incident of bullying.

Do you work with a student who consistently performs at a level that is beneath his ability? Is there a child in your classroom who habitually procrastinates, predictably “forgets,” and inevitably dawdles the whole day long? Are you acquainted with a young person who harbors hostile feelings toward you or a classmate, but never expresses this anger in words?

“Stop and Think” is at the root of the five rules I offer to parents as they are first teaching their kids about netiquette.

One of the most common reactions people have when I talk about my work in addressing passive aggressive behavior is an impassioned, “Passive aggression is so frustrating! I can’t stand passive aggressive people!” followed up by a quick and more sheepish, “Wait, what exactly is passive aggression again?”