Parenting • Remarriage Finding your role as a new step-parent Step-parents often discover that the ambiguous nature of their role leads to great frustration. Being a smart step-pa... Article
Parenting • Step-parenting The grandparent competition When you compete for your grandkids' love, nobody wins. Article
Parenting • Remarriage Being the "other parent" in a blended family When a stepfamily is made up of children whose parents have previously divorced, there is often another parent – or ... Article
Parenting • Development stages Q&A: Preparing to leave your child with a caregiver When leaving children with friends or relatives for an extended period, it helps to do everything you can to remind ... Article
Parenting • Impact of kids Q&A: How do I get my husband to help with the new baby? The first step toward resolving this difficulty is to air these thoughts and feelings in an honest and non-threatenin... Article
Parenting • Communication Deeper conversations with your teen: The questions you need to ask Pondering these questions, and the wisdom behind them, has profoundly changed the way I relate to my teen. If you’ve ... Article
Parenting • Kids dating / premarital sex A teen pregnancy in the family Your dauaghter admits she's pregnant. You're shocked. Here are some guidelines to help you through this unexpected ti... Article
Parenting • Kids dating / premarital sex Q&A: Parenting a son whose girlfriend is pregnant How should we respond to our teenage son who has gotten his girlfriend pregnant? He's seventeen and she's sixteen. It... Article
Parenting • Anger Q&A: When friends have an aggressive preschooler When your friends have and aggressive toddler, here's how to protect your own kids and help your friends too. Article
Parenting • Life Challenges Q&A: How can I ensure I don't replicate my parents' negative parenting style? The best way you can do this is by learning to forgive. As we’ve already indicated, this is something you need to do ... Article
Parenting • Drugs The truth about vaping: Help for parents Is vaping dangerous? The short answer is yes, it is dangerous. And here's more that parents need to know. Article
Parenting • Verbal and emotional abuse Q&A: How can I stop my sons from inheriting my husband's anger? If you want to help your boys, start by encouraging your husband to get some help with his anger problem. In other wo... Article
Parenting • Anxiety Q&A: My child has obsessive compulsive disorder. How can I help her? You’ve taken an important step in the right direction by recognizing that there’s a problem with your child’s behavio... Article
Parenting • Marriage Nurturing your marriage while living with turbulent teens Just when we thought we’d been married long enough to figure out a few things, my husband, Ben, and I woke up with te... Article
Parenting • Family wounds How parental attachment determines a child's emotional health If you were offered a test that could predict how emotionally healthy your child will become, would you take the test... Article
Parenting • Sex education Your daughter and puberty Tips for talking to your daughter about the physical and emotional changes associated with puberty. Article
Parenting • Marriage How couples can agree on parenting issues Disagreements about what is safe and beneficial for kids strain even the best marriages. The danger is to let differi... Article
Parenting • Development stages Social and emotional milestones in child development Save yourself unfounded worry or unnecessary frustration by understanding what your child is capable of at each devel... Article
Parenting • Sports Q&A: Encouraging kids to stay active and fit Our school-age child spends too much time in front of the television and the computer screen. We're actually getting ... Article
Parenting • Social teaching Q&A: How do I handle my child's nervous habit? We usually advise parents in your situation to refrain from making an issue of the objectionable habit until they are... Article