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If you feel like you’re nagging them, it’s a sign your current system isn’t working.

We need to teach children about the importance of connection, heart and compassionate listening and put these things at the center of all our relationships, says author, educator and consultant Lae…

«it’s easy to blame our parents for what they did or didn’t do. But the real issue is the lack of emotional literacy in our culture. We don’t teach parents how to respond to children’s feelings and emotions with empathy and compassion. We also don’t teach it in our kindergartens; we don’t teach it in our schools. We still value IQ far more than we value EQ.»

With so many choices and differing opinions, it can be overwhelming to choose a parenting book. Here are some tips for finding the best options for you and your family.

Guaranteed income programs are spreading, and proving particularly vital for low-income families with young children.

Decisions can be tough to make as a team. This is how to sidestep the most common — and frustrating — parts of the process and come together as a unit.

They are a chance for children to be silly and a touch subversive, and to get a glimpse of how other families live their lives.

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. At some point last year — maybe around when my child woke up wailing at 4 a.m. for the thousandth time — I …

Tiny genetic sequences in a mother’s bacteria seem to hop into the infant’s bacteria, perhaps ensuring a healthy microbiome later in life.

Confident or shy, our temperament is mostly baked-in from birth. But how that influences our lives is up for grabs

Talking with children about painful topics can be complicated—but it can help shape their worldview for life.

Gaslighters are often self-involved, which makes it hard for them to be self-aware. Here are three signs your partner might be the gaslighting type.

Too often, we conflate phrases like “desired outcome” with “attainment of wealth or honor.” In that case, or in other definitions, we measure success in life in terms of favorable, external outcomes.

Should you be a stay-at-home parent? How much should you work? The science of making choices can help you feel happy with your decision.

In a new book, Growing Up Human, a bioarchaeologist chronicles the most surprising evolutionary adaptations of babies and parents.

Honesty is a skill. Here's how to help kids get better at telling the truth.

«It undermines the message when we tell kids that honesty is important, but then they see us be dishonest, even in small ways.»

In 2022, we stopped gaslighting our kids, taught them basic life skills, and got them to listen to us without nagging.

The long read: For decades we have been using toys to cram learning into playtime – and toys have increasingly been marketed as helping to turn children into prosperous, high-achieving adults. But it…

Modern novels, films, and television shows are a sobering reflection of society’s vastly different expectations for moms and dads.

When parents cast a child into the role of mediator, friend and carer, the wounds are profound. But recovery is possible

The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many. It’s time to figure out better ways to live together.

«Marriage, according to the sociologists Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas, “is no longer primarily about childbearing and childrearing. Now marriage is primarily about adult fulfillment.”»