Over the past 25 years, there’s been a dramatic change in how we understand children who don’t “listen,” writes behavioral ...

Key points Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a common diagnosis that people often only treat with behavioral plans. Symptoms of ODD are general in nature and common to other diagnoses and ...

Does your child bristle against limits? Challenge your authority? Resist even reasonable requests? Yes, youthful rebellion travels in lockstep with adolescence, but don’t dismiss your teen’s ...

Young adolescents, especially boys, who participated in organized sports between ages 6 and 10 are less likely to defy their parents, teachers and other authority figures, a new study by researchers ...

My child is holding us hostage! “Everything is a fight. Nothing is easy”! I can’t begin to count the number of patient evaluations or school consultations I have done over thirty years that begin with ...