It is perfectly natural for parents to maintain a close bond with their children no matter how old they get, but there is a meaningful difference between being supportive and being overbearing. When ...

Parents who still help their grown children too much struggle to let them make their own decisions, and still feel responsible for them, although they are now adults.

When I found out that my wife was pregnant with my first son, I asked my father-in-law for advice. He told me not to be afraid to let them make mistakes. “Mistakes,” he told me, “are how we grow.” At ...

How to Raise Self-Reliant Children: Raising children well is a parent's primary responsibility. They strive to fulfill their child's every need and keep them happy. However, sometimes, parents show so ...

With unreliable health claims becoming increasingly widespread, improved health literacy could help children and adults make better choices about their health School lessons can successfully teach ...

Choosing clothes is one of the simplest forms of self-expression. Our critic offers advice for guiding kids without constricting them. By Vanessa Friedman The issue when it comes to the parent-child ...

Gretchen Geng works for Flinders University. Big Talks for Little People receives funding from Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation, Little Heroes Foundation, Medibank, BeyondBank, and the ...