A new study shows that both mothers and fathers significantly shape their adolescent children’s social anxiety, but in different ways.

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Kids with conduct issues can pose a unique challenge to parents. New research is showing it's crucial to keep calm.

Type A parents are highly organized, structured and punctual. They thrive on schedules and setting clear expectations. If that doesn’t sound like you, then you might be a type B parent! More easygoing ...

Since my son was 4 months old he would hold his own bottle. I don't cut my kids' crust or help them tie their shoes. But I'm ...

Helicopter parents, according to Dr. Gail Saltz, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the NY Presbyterian Hospital ...

We typically choose friends who we share things in common with, who make us laugh, who we trust, and who we enjoy spending time with. But what happens when a friend embraces all the basic qualities ...

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and ...

Building off of the 1964 classification system developed by age researchers Bernice Neugarten and Karol Weinstein, here are ...