KidsHealth

1Teaching Your Child Self-Control
Tantrums and outbursts can rile even the most patient parents. Helping kids learn self-control teaches them how to respond to situations without just acting on impulse.

2Childhood Stress
Being a kid doesn't always mean being carefree - even the youngest tots worry. Find out what stresses kids out and how to help them cope.

3Body Image and Self-Esteem
When your body changes, so can your image of yourself. Find out how your body image affects your self-esteem and what you can do.

4Cutting
It can be hard to understand, but people who cut themselves sometimes do it because it actually makes them feel better. They are overflowing with emotions - like sadness, depression, or anger - that they have trouble expressing.

5Nine Steps to More Effective Parenting
Parenting is incredibly challenging and rewarding. Here are nine child-rearing tips that can help.

6Developing Your Child's Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is a child's armor against the challenges of the world. Here's how you can promote healthy self-esteem in your kids.

7Helping Teens Who Cut
Cutting isn't new, but this form of self-injury has been in the spotlight more in recent years. Learn more how to help a teen who cuts.

8Self-Defense
Many people think of self-defense as a karate kick to the groin or jab in the eyes of an attacker. But self-defense is actually about using your smarts — not your fists.

9Cutting
Cutting isn't new, but this form of self-injury has been in the spotlight more in recent years. Learn more about it and ways to help a teen who cuts.

10How Can I Improve My Self-Esteem?
We all experience problems with self-esteem at certain times in our lives — especially during our teens when we are figuring out who we are and where we fit in the world.