Are you the hovering, overbearing parent? If you have ever tied your child’s shoes while they stared into space because it was faster, you are in good company. Many of us hover when we are tired, ...

Authoritative parents set rules and high standards — and praise kids for meeting those standards. They use logical consequences to help kids learn from mistakes and teach problem-solving skills.

Polls show that a majority of parents now equate being a good parent with intensive parenting practices. A researcher from Cornell studying these data found that the high standards and expectations ...

In the northeastern United States there is billboard proclaiming, “There’s no such thing as a perfect parent.” Exposed to egregious examples of parenting in their lines of work, some might chuckle and ...

We all want our kids to feel loved and supported. But experts warn, over-helping, over-scheduling, and over-praising our kids might set them up for stress, not success. We jump in when they’re ...

It's only natural to want to be seen as a great parent. After all, parents have the important job of raising happy, healthy children. But the truth is that parenting is a lot more complicated than ...

Like most parents, I often turn to social media when I just need a minute. Sometimes, the mental exhaustion of motherhood is such that all I need is a few minutes to mindlessly scroll … yet often when ...

(RNS) — In ‘The Myth of Good Christian Parenting,’ authors Marissa Franks Burt and Kelsey Kramer McGinnis argue that these methods aren’t as biblical or effective as their purveyors would have ...