The Moment of Youth

Helping teens believe in themselves

Marilyn Price-Mitchell Ph.D.

10 Messages That Matter More Than a Report Card

What messages for success are you sending your children as they return to school? Some minor adjustments in what you say at home can reap big benefits for your child.

12 Ways to Keep Your Children Healthy in the Digital Age

A new report, “Wellness in the Age of the Smartphone,” suggests intelligent ways to keep your children and teens healthy in the Digital Age.

Is Today's Career Success Inherited?

A new study on youth employment and social inequality offers surprising evidence that a parent’s wealth can launch a child to career success.

Is Your Teen Vamping Instead of Sleeping?

New research links nighttime phone use to poorer mental health outcomes for adolescents.

Goal-Setting Is Linked to Higher Achievement

Research suggests when children and teens develop goal-setting habits, they are more likely to excel in school, careers, and life.

Bullying Is a Serious Public Health Issue in Schools

A new book suggests that the cycle of violence in schools can be curbed by practices and policies that replace bullying behaviors with prosocial habits.

A New Day for Young Girls?

Is Oprah Winfrey’s “new day” for young girls “on the horizon?” Not according to research; and not unless parents start helping daughters develop new skills.

How Your Brain Finds Meaning in Life Experiences

New brain research links storytelling to the development of meaning. Why should parents and teachers be particularly interested?

Has Your Daughter Been Sexually Harassed?

Research shows that sexual harassment is part of everyday life in American middle and high schools. How do we educate and protect young women?

How to Heal from Unspeakable Terror

The latest neuroscience research suggests we can help people heal from trauma's emotional scars.

8 Movies to Watch With Your Teen

Movies are not just entertainment. When characters connect at deep psychological levels, movies can quite literally shape young people’s lives!

The Secret to Youth Moral Development

Ever wonder how teens develop moral lives? How they learn to think critically and believe in their abilities to change the world? Adults provide the scaffolding!

Developmental Equity: Path to Student Success?

Educational equity is important, especially for youth impacted by race, cultural, and economic barriers. But is developmental equity more critical to success?

Storytelling Is a Conduit for Intergenerational Learning

Have you shared a well-told story with a teen or grandchild lately? The result could be transformative for both of you!

Remember Your Best Teacher? One 82-Year-Old Does

As students head back to school this year, Bill, an 82-year-old widower, grieves the loss of his wife. What do the two have in common? Teachers.

What's Wrong in America?

If you are frustrated or angry with what you see wrong in America, you could be part of the solution by simply changing your frame of mind. Learn how.

What Every Child Needs to Be Happy and Successful

In a new book by Dr. Michele Borba, empathy takes center stage among social-emotional skills, playing a surprising role in predicting kids' success and well-being.

The Psychology Behind How Young People Vote

Young people will have more power to influence U.S. elections and policy than at any other time in recent history. How do they vote differently from older adults?

The Wounds of Childhood Can Be Healed

Most of us know that growing up can leave emotional scars. New research in neurobiology reveals a promising path for understanding and healing childhood trauma.

15 Everyday Ways to Help Kids Believe in Themselves

Why is it important for young people to believe in themselves? How do parents, schools, and communities nurture this highly-valued characteristic?

Daydreaming: Not a Useless Waste of Time

Worried that your child or student daydreams too much? New research shows that mind wandering improves self-awareness, boosts creativity, and is essential to human flourishing.

Adversity and the Creative Mind

Everyone experiences adversity, but some people use adversity to their psychological advantage. Do you?

6 Habits of Great Teachers

What do students say about their greatest teachers? They taught them how to care about others! Learn how.

Have Common Core Standards Killed Student Creativity?

Many educators believe the concept of creativity has been abandoned by today’s standards-based schools. Yet teachers can and do foster creativity in their classrooms each and every day. Learn six ways teachers expand minds and foster creative thinking.

Teaching for Career and Life Success

“Success is not about your resources,” says Tony Robbins. “It’s about how resourceful you are with what you have.” How do we teach students to become resourceful—to use knowledge to achieve their goals?

Integrity in the Classroom

How do children learn to be honest, respect societal norms, and act in ways consistent with the values, beliefs, and moral principles they claim to hold?

Self-Awareness: How Kids Make Sense of Life Experiences

How do children gain a deeper understanding of how they think, feel, and act so they can improve their learning and develop meaningful relationships? Classroom teachers make a difference.

Resilience: The Capacity to Rebuild and Grow from Adversity

Resilience is not a genetic trait. It is derived from the ways children learn to think and act when they are faced with obstacles, large and small. How do teachers cultivate resilience in the classroom?

Grow a Child's Empathy in 3 Easy Ways

When young people experience and act upon feelings of empathy, they are more likely to achieve greater success and emotional well-being. These 3 phases of development help young people feel good about themselves and act in ways that benefit others. In the process, it just might help them change the world!

Sociability: The Core of Social-Emotional Learning

What helps children engage in learning? The cooperative capacity to interact with others—sociability— helps children absorb knowledge both inside and outside of school. Three powerful strategies can increase sociability in the classroom.