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Researchers have come up with creative, scientific studies that measure some of the effects of parenting behaviors.

Author Rachel Macy Stafford tells her own story—about being buried in busy-ness—until finally she recognized the negative effects of her distractedness, her perfectionism and hu

Play is essential for children! Kids play alone, with siblings, friends—and with their parents. This book is about parent-child play.

Emotions are not just a personal issue. A person’s emotional development has effects on how well they function in social situations.

The story of one family's experience with learning how to care for their son, who has severe food allergies. 

Talk may be cheap...

This article is the last of a five-part series designed to share parents' 

Teens must have ever increasing opportunities to practice reasoning and decision making: “In order to strengthen their decision-making skills, teens need environments that prese

    This is the third in a series of articles in which parents of teens share the

This is the second in a series designed to share parents' experiences with raisin

Do you ever read parenting advice from experts and wonder how to actually put the recommendations to use in real life?

Less than 20 miles from Washington, DC, there are 6600 acres of protected lands on the Mason Neck peninsula along the Potomac River.