Kids are expert observers of behavior. They can pick up traits, habits, and lifelong behaviors easily — just by watching their own parents. It is part of a child's job description to learn from the ...

One of the effects of a child's mental condition can be the gradual erosion of parental authority, putting kids in charge, not their parents. Here's why that needs to change.

As people grow up and figure out who they are on their own terms, they sometimes distance themselves from their parents. While mistreatment often leads to parental estrangement, the reasons behind an ...

Most parents try to do their best when raising children, but certain behaviors—often likely stemming from the way they were ...

Adolescence is a period when some teenagers begin experimenting with risky or rule-breaking behaviors such as skipping school, drinking, lying, or staying out past their curfew. When parents find out, ...