Fredda Blanchard-Fields, Everyday Problem Solving and Emotion: An Adult Developmental Perspective, Current Directions in Psychological Science, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Feb ...

Avoidance is a strategy we use to escape a stressful experience. There are two types of avoidance — cognitive and behavioral. Various approaches can help us break the patterns of avoidance, such ...

While problem-solving skills are not taught directly in the classroom, they are part of everyday life-building skills. It is important to provide children with real-world examples.