Think back to the last time you were eating a bag of plantain chips. Did you eat just one or did you end up eating the whole bag? What about the last time you opened up a half gallon of ice cream – ...

Combining a script from a popular movie, with the wisdom from the famous rational therapist Dr. Albert Ellis, Kingston Canada psychologist, Dr. Irwin Altrows, spun a charming story for teaching ...

No school shooting can fail to make you shudder in disbelief, and the latest one in Oregon was no exception. Even though that tragedy occurred in a small town across the country, we all know that it ...

Raising children today that can resist temptation and delay gratification is a bigger challenge than ever before. Temptations abound! According to Walter Mischel, the author of the famed Stanford ...

A child's success in his or her 30s in measures of health, wealth and more can be predicted by how well they can control their impulses as early as age three, says a new study, published today in ...

Self-regulation is a useful skill that helps individuals cope with certain emotional behaviors and physical movements during stressful situations. In addition, self-regulation helps individuals stay ...