9 graceful ways to respond when your opinion isn’t wanted at family gatherings
It’s the first Thanksgiving at your daughter’s house. You peek into the oven and say, before you can stop yourself, “I think that needs another
If you want to be the grandparent your grandkids can’t wait to see, say goodbye to these 8 habits
It’s Saturday morning, and your eight-year-old granddaughter Rosie has her shoes on before her dad has even found his keys. “Is it Nana’s today?” She’s
Most parents and adult children feel some tension with each other, but parents tend to be more bothered by it, and the older the child, the more it bothers them, a University of Michigan study found
In a University of Michigan study, most parents and adult children felt some tension, but parents were more bothered by it, and more so as their children aged.
When work ends and your children have lives of their own, what are you retiring to?
Years ago when our sons first started leaving home, there was a fair bit of coming and going. I called them our “boomerang” kids because
7 relationship rules couples with kids should never break, according to research on what keeps parents close
Research on thousands of couples and on how parents’ arguments affect children points to seven rules that help couples stay close while raising kids.
Guided independence isn’t leaving children to it: researchers describe support that follows a child’s pace and offers hints, and link it to secure attachment and stronger self-control
Guided independence means letting a child lead while an adult offers hints and follows their pace, and research links it to secure attachment and stronger self-control.
Every winter, kids cut paper snowflakes with eight points: here’s the simple fold that gives them six, like real ones
Walk past almost any elementary school window in December and you’ll see them: paper snowflakes with eight arms, or sometimes four. They look festive. They
8 old-fashioned parenting habits that are quietly making a comeback
It’s 4 p.m. on a Tuesday. A phone rings in the kitchen, and a nine-year-old races her brother to get it. “Hello, this is Maya.”
People raised in the 1960s and 70s had these 8 childhood freedoms kids today will never know
It’s 1975, a Saturday morning. You finish your cereal, grab your jacket, and walk three houses down to knock on the Hendersons’ door. “Can Debbie
People who keep their social media on private and never overshare usually have these habits
Your friend from book club got engaged last month. You found out at book club, over lemon bars, when she held out her hand. There
Love that feels like it has to be earned may get children to comply, but studies of teens and young adults link it to shame, resentment and self-worth that rises and falls with performance
When children feel their parents’ love depends on how they perform, they may comply, but research on teens and young adults links it to shame, resentment and unsteady self-worth.
People who still write grocery lists by hand tend to have these 7 traits
There’s a notepad on the fridge, held up by a magnet shaped like a lemon. A pen hangs from it on a piece of string.