Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Mental Wellness for Adolescents and Adults. Executive functioning skills are your child’s mental control center, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I pride myself on the fact that my 7-year-old son, like me, has always been a list-maker. “Overwhelmed by too many playtime ...

Ellen Galinsky is president of the research nonprofit Families and Work Institute in Palisades, N.Y., served as co-lead of the AASA Summit, and is the author of The Breakthrough Years: A New ...

When illness disrupts life’s rhythm, music, resilience, and executive function help us cope, choose wisely, and keep moving forward—one intentional step at a time.

Executive function—top-down processes by which the human mind controls behavior, regulating thoughts and actions—have long been studied using a standard set of tools, with these assessments being ...

Executive function and morality are not tied together, although society may connect the two. Skills like time management are ...

I pride myself on the fact that my 7-year-old son, like me, has always been a list-maker. “Overwhelmed by too many playtime choices?” I might say to him. (Tough life, I know.) “Let’s make a list and ...