In recent years there have been a lot of articles about the importance of teaching children empathy. As a psychotherapist (and a mom) who specializes in relationships, I could not agree more.

Children are taught to obey rules, be polite and not start trouble but are not trained the correct way to assert and defend themselves. Being assertive does not come naturally to many children, ...

Being assertive is a very important skill, and, according to Carmen Benton, an educational consultant and the founder of Mindful Ed, assertive children know how to ask for what they need without being ...

From the time my children were small I encouraged ... as having good judgment but lower on assertiveness had only a 4.2% chance of being highly rated as an effective leader. On the other hand ...

People of all social classes and occupations have difficulty being assertive ... because they were not taught to be assertive when they were children. From the time they could talk they were ...