Listening is a crucial part of effective communication with your defiant child or teen. This all important parenting skill must be valued and consistently practiced. Listening shows defiant children ...

Co-authored by Amy Vigliotti, PhD and Carly Teperman, Psy.D. The defiant child is often misunderstood. Their reactions to the world can seem harsh or rebellious, but much of this behavior stems from ...

Every time we would say "no," our son would ask "why." I worried about his defiance as he got older. Other parents didn't approve of him pushing boundaries. Now, he's a teen, and I have no doubt about ...