How Single or Dual Parenting Affects Early Brain Development

It's a study in mice, but results from an intriguing experiment suggests that having one or two parents can affect new nerve growth in the brain, and that male...

Can You Afford to Start Parenting at Middle Age?

Advances in reproductive technology and a trend towards marriage later in life have led to an increase in older parents. But do these old fogies know what...

Executive Parenting

One Friday night last year, a mom and a dad and their 7-year-old twins were making Jiffy Pop while brainstorming about how to brand their family. This was no...

Q&A: The (Unconventional) Secrets of Happy Families

Some of the best parenting advice may come from unusual places—the military, gamers and financial experts.

How Parents Who Play Favorites Hurt the Entire Family

Parents try to be fair, but children pick up on subtle differences in the way they are treated. In a study appearing in the journal Child Development,...

The Lesson of the Boy in the Pink Ballet Flats

Who knows how this kid's life will turn out, but one thing's for sure: his parents actions can't protect him forever

Did Attachment Parenting Contribute to Mayim Bialik’s Divorce?

The actress says it didn't, but we can't help but wonder

What Can Good Parenting Teach Us about Leadership?

Do good parenting and leadership have much in common? A new book by an organizational and clinical psychologist makes that argument. “Care to Dare: Unleashing...

Study: Some U.K. Moms and Dads Say Drinking Improves Their Parenting

Move over, mother’s little helper. According to a new report from the British charity 4Children, drinking in families with small children could be a large and...

‘Slow Parenting’: Why a Mom is ‘Fed Up with Frenzy’

For parents, familiar is the feeling of exhaustion that accompanies a day filled with work (for you) and school and play (for your kids). There are meals to be...