Parenting

When your child is having a meltdown in the grocery store aisle, it can be hard to not appease them. However, overindulgence can have long-term consequences.

Journalist and author Jennifer Wallace conducted a first-of-its-kind national parenting survey with help from a Harvard researcher. Here’s what they discovered about critical parenting, and how it can be toxic to kids’ confidence and self-esteem.

Dr. Kelly Fradin, Harvard-trained pediatrician and mom of two, shares her best parenting advice for caring for sick kids.

Dozens of children die every year after being left in a hot car – but there are easy ways to make sure your family is protected. Here’s how to protect your child from vehicular heatstroke.

When Tiffany Turner-Moon’s 13-year-old daughter asks to take a mental health day off from school, she lets her.

Tiffany Haddish discussed her fertility journey, saying she recently experienced her eighth miscarriage and sharing why she initially decided to keep the news of her pregnancy losses private.

She was heartbroken when only two children showed up

Parents around the globe are making decisions about how many kids to have, where to work and what to buy based on climate change.

Federal regulators have not warned of any deaths, but the American Academy of Pediatrics says parents shouldn’t use weighted sleep sacks or swaddles.

Here’s what parenting expert Andrew Weiner wishes more people would say on Father’s Day.

Only 5% of primary stay-at-home parents are men. How can we change that? Parenting experts and bestselling authors Claire Shipman and Katty Kay share how society can help men be better fathers.

The measure follows a trend of laws in states such as Utah and Arkansas that seek to limit adolescents’ unrestricted access to social media.

Mike Wimmer, a certified child prodigy, says he can make friends with people of “any age.” Here’s the rule his parents used to encourage that social acuity.

One mother shared her strategy for feeding a toddler while out to eat at a restaurant, but she’s been met with mixed reviews online.

Here’s how parents can protect teens from common peer-to-peer payment issues, according to a consumer watchdog.

A Texas couple started charging their daughter rent after she opted to live at home following her high school graduation.

Identical triplet sisters, Drs. Vicky, Sarah and Joanna Bedell, followed in the footsteps of their mother, Dr. Janet Gersten.

The Carmacks wanted to give their 8-year-old daughter a sibling. She ended up with 4 including identical twin girls and identical twin boys.

Experts are warning parents about common floaty and water wing myths that could put children in danger while swimming.

“Instantly, I felt like they had stolen my baby,” the mom said.