My soon-to-be eighth-grade daughter has suddenly started closing her bedroom door almost all the time and locking it sometimes. Should I ask why? Tell her to stop? Thanks…
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I think it’s safe to say women can do it all these days. Not only can women do it all, but more and more, it seems we are expected to…
All of us want to be effective parents, and all of us want to engage our children in activities that support our goals and intentions in raising them. With fifty…
For a long period in my life, I forgot how to play pretend. As a child, I’d spend hours on the floor of my bedroom constructing narratives: superhero mashups between…
As a researcher who studies adolescent alcohol use and its associated problems, I frequently talk to parent groups, and inevitably, I get asked a question like this: “Isn’t part of…
When our kids are little, sleeping and eating are usually the main things with which parents concern themselves. As they grow into curious and mobile toddlers, discipline inches up to…
Our families are pulled in so many directions – jobs, school, activities, and day-to-day responsibilities. In the middle of it all, we want to build meaningful relationships with our children…
There are many ways you can express your opinions and values in 2019. Did you know you can express your values in the way you invest your money as well?…
What has changed and what has stayed the same? Kids, families, working parents, and the child care conundrum we all face.
I suppose if it weren’t for the toilet that wouldn’t flush all those years ago, I wouldn’t be the married man I am today or living the life I’m living…
Every day, Americans are inundated with approximately 4,000 media messages. Many of the messages target our kids with distorted ideas about how they should look and act. Kids of all…
Teaching your kids the value of sunscreen from day one and make sun safety part of your family wellness ritual.