Setting and achieving goals helps kids (and grown-ups) build self-esteem — and teaches perseverance, too. When children set goals, it helps them practice executive function skills like planning.

"When you set goals together, it gives yourself and the kids some more accountability. And that's really what it's about," Dr ...

Dr. Karen Streeter explains why goal setting matters for children and how SMART goals can build critical thinking skills, empathy, autonomy, and positive behavior in a tech driven world.

This is a common picture in several households: every January rolls around, and suddenly everyone’s got big ideas — kids and adults both. We make these grand New Year’s resolutions, but let’s be real, ...

Goals are standards that individuals use to evaluate how well they are doing now relative to where they want to end up. Goals basically guide our choices. Once you have a goal, the hard part is ...