Navigating any kind of adult family relationship can be difficult, whether you're learning how to look past hurtful childhood experiences as an adult child or figuring out how to navigate parenting a ...

AMES, Iowa – Most parents will admit that talking with a teenage child is difficult at times. It is even more challenging when parents and children don’t speak the same language fluently – a reality ...

A parent whose daughter plays high school basketball recently reached out to me. This person had revisited my October 2023 article on the troubling conduct of parents at youth and high school games.

I’m beginning to resent them as it’s so stressful,” the mother of two said of her preteen daughters’ unruly exploits ...

Dear Annie: A few months ago, someone wrote to you about how uncomfortable the bad manners of children of a relative made her feel at large family gatherings and dinners. I read your column faithfully ...

Schoolteachers across the country say they are still struggling with post-pandemic behavior problems in classrooms. The spike in tantrums, outbursts and fidgeting coincides with a national mental ...

The communication skills parents instill in their children isn't just crafted by how they speak to each other, but how they communicate with everyone, modeling social interactions and self-awareness.

Every parent hopes to raise a warm, kind, socially-adjusted child, but inevitably, lots of moms and dads are tasked with loving and guiding a young person who others have come to know as a playground ...

There has always been a cultural gap between parents and their children. But arguably this divide has grown over the past decade or more as digital natives are born with no concept of a life without ...

The first time I met Micah, a Black elementary school student, I was struck by his cherubic face, bright eyes and nonstop knock-knock jokes that had me laughing out loud. He was warm and polite. His ...