This post was co-authored by Sierrah Hamilton. Parents today face unique challenges in engaging their children. Studies show that young people spend excessive amounts of time daily interacting with ...

This Pew Research Center analysis looks at how parents are raising their children religiously. It is part of a broader report that focuses on patterns of religious switching in the United States, ...

A recent Cornell study found that 27% of adults are estranged from a family member. Research from Ohio State finds that 26% of fathers are estranged from an adult child—and that fathers are 22% more ...

If you’re a parent or carer of a child who’s autistic, the odds are you’re spinning more plates than the average person. The emotional, physical and logistical demands stack up, often without the kind ...

Goals are important for kids and adults alike because they’re motivational. If we know where we want to go, we can find a path. But not all goals have the same impact on our emotional health.

Home is not always a place of safety for everyone. This is an unspoken reality for some parents who endure abuse at the hands of their children. From physical violence to emotional manipulation, this ...

In 1935, zoologist Konrad Lorenz observed that ducklings and goslings believed the first object they saw or heard to be their parent. When newly hatched ducklings were exposed to Lorenz’s quacking, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Working parents often feel guilty about not being able to spend enough time with their kids. The work ...

Young children often display similar eating behavior as their parents, with a parent's own eating style influencing how they feed their children. Young children often display similar eating behaviour ...

When one of my patients thinks about her daughter, she remembers sitting with her in the neonatal intensive care unit for five weeks after her birth, praying she would survive. She recalls the fun ...