We’ve all witnessed a child (sometimes our own) in full meltdown mode, as well as the tantrum that inevitably accompanies it. It can happen...

Over the last few years I’ve read about several software products that claim to protect children from the hazards of the Internet, chat rooms,...

At first he just stared at me as if I had several rotating heads, each with disco ball strobing effects. Clearly I had lost my mind. After all, he was almost 8 years old! That’s only 22 years away from 30. Snuggle? On my lap? How horrifying. I mean, what if someone saw us?

Now, if you’ve never had to take money from your children, let me tell you, it is not an enjoyable task. You feel low, dirty and basically like you’re some kind of hopped up addict who needs to steal from her kids in order to score her next fix. It’s ugly, even when you’re doing it for the right reasons.

KABUL – This year will mark the third consecutive Christmas that I’ll spend half a world away from my wife and our sons. Like thousands...

“I’m grateful for everyone at this table and everything on this table,” he managed to slur out in between massive mouthfuls of mashed potatoes. Now, normally, that might be enough of an answer for an 11 year old boy. But this seemed oddly abrupt for my theatrically inclined, loquacious eldest son who has never missed an opportunity to speak in front of an attentive crowd.

I acknowledge that I am surely the only parent who continuously breaks the unwritten rule to use only Websteresque appropriate language in the presence of children. But have you checked the dictionary lately? Not that this makes it right, but the “F” word is in there, right between “fucoid” (relating to or resembling the rockweeds) and “fuchsite” (a greenish variety of muscovite, high in chromium).

I knew I had found artist Susi Lerma’s house when I spotted bright blue glass bottles glistening on the ends of the multiple stems...

I’ve spoken to so many parents this week about post parent/teacher conference despondency that I’m petitioning the American Psychiatric Association to add it to the DSM-5 which is due out in May of 2013.

I literally came up with the scheme the other day to feign being an alcoholic so I could be sent to some cushy rehab center in Northern California for a few weeks of sanity restoration.

In the game of child-rearing, it’s not about who screams the loudest. But rather, it’s about who’s willing to stand their ground and wait it out until their opponent’s willfulness begins to wane.

“She did nothing. Like she always does,” he said in a cheery, non-judgmental tone. He was simply stating a fact, as he knew it. I was crushed. Memories of my tween pals and me sitting around after school lamenting the uselessness of our stay-at-home mothers flooded my memory banks. Pay-back really is a bitch.

Your relationship with your child shapes his or her entire life. In fact, the early patterns of interaction you have with your child become...

Here’s an interesting stat from a survey commissioned by BMO Harris Bank: 89 percent of parents think they are an important source of basic...

Our children’s emotions can change in an instant. One second everything is great; the next they’re defensive, disappointed or detached. As parents, how can...

“So, how was the trip?” I asked my 11 year old son, Levi, after his recent overnight team-building field trip to Prescott. “It was fun,”...