We all want to be good parents. Unfortunately, our own baggage may get in the way of our decisions. Making effective choices rather than just reacting can make us better parents.

Raising kids is no joke — but good parents tell them anyway. A lot of love and even more laughter: it’s the no-longer secret recipe parents should follow to cook up great, long-lasting relationships ...

Improving the knowledge, skills, and confidence of parents is often the aim of parenting-focused public health strategies and parenting programs, yet research on parental knowledge is limited compared ...

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At a time of rapid technological advancements and unstable shifting social norms, the foundation of society—its families—faces incomparable challenges. The rise in juvenile delinquency, mental health ...

A friend offhandedly told me recently, "It's so easy to get my daughter to behave after her birthday – there are so many new toys to take away when she's bad!" While there is certainly an appeal to ...

Millennials, the OG generation of gentle parenting, have redefined modern child-rearing with a softer, more empathetic approach. They’ve tossed out the old-school “because I said so” (:::shudder:::) ...

They say that laughter is the best medicine, but it could be a good parenting tool too, according to a new study led by researchers from Penn State. In a pilot study, the research team found that most ...

Petersburg’s Virginia Cooperative Extension office is offering free “Pathways to Effective Parenting” (PEP) classes for parents, grandparents, childcare providers and anyone who would like to develop ...

Babies don’t come with instruction manuals. Children are at once joyful, sad, confusing, predictable, generous, selfish, gentle, and mean. What’s a parent to do when faced with such perplexing ...

Co-parenting after a separation or divorce can be incredibly challenging for a family. Effective co-parenting isn't just about coordinating schedules, it's about navigating complex emotions, ...

The aim of this study was to assess the predictive validity of a new measure of parental knowledge, the KEPS (which assesses parents' knowledge of effective parenting strategies), and to compare it to ...