Adulthood brings a host of realizations, but few are as enlightening—or as humbling—as those about your parents. It's as though the veil of childhood innocence lifts, and you see them not just as ...

I try hard to understand my teenager's feelings about things but whenever I stand my discipline ground, I hear remarks like, “You never listen” or “You just don't understand.” What am I doing wrong?

Becoming a parent changes the way you see everything, including the people who raised you. After all, there are several things you'll only understand about your parents when you become one yourself.

In many families, interactions between teenagers and their parents are often non-productive. All too frequently, parents do not trust their teenagers (often for good reason), and in turn, their ...

Creative activities can be noisy. Rare parents can thrive in an environment like this for the sake of their children. A study found that parents and children who share creative moments have a stronger ...

Patients often overestimate their chances of surviving cancer. Factors that contribute to accurate understanding of prognosis are not known. We assessed understanding of likelihood of cure and ...

About 1 in 36 children are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Children on the spectrum may experience cognitive and social/emotional delays, ...

Many parents struggle to distinguish between permissive and gentle parenting, often confusing these two distinct approaches. Both styles emphasise warmth and responsiveness, yet they differ ...

Many professionals describe situations where a child unjustifiably rejects one parent due to the influence of the other parent as a resist-refuse dynamic, or as a parent-child-contact-problem. Such ...

Play can be a window into your child’s world! An expert explains how interpreting play can help you decode what your preschooler may be thinking and feeling. Preschool is a big milestone for both ...

At the Brooklyn preschool where my wife teaches, the parents of the youngest students, the not-yet-3-year-olds, arrive each fall wide-eyed and anxious. It's the start of their children's grand ...