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For decades, parenting programs have been one of the most trusted tools in child psychology. If your young child was hitting, defiant, or having frequent meltdowns, a structured program could teach you techniques that, study after study showed, reliably calmed the behavior. So a new finding has caught researchers’ attention: those same programs appear to […]

Your child may be talking to an AI that tells them it loves them, remembers their secrets, and asks how they are feeling when they have not opened up to anyone else. Millions of kids already are. New York just became one of the first states to say that has to stop. In the final

Ask people what makes a good father and many will still say the same thing: a provider, a breadwinner, the one who pays the bills. So researchers who interviewed more than 5,000 fathers around the world expected to hear plenty about stress and sacrifice. What they did not expect was the finding that landed hardest.

Jo Frost, the British parenting expert millions of families know as Supernanny, has set off a fresh debate with a viral message to modern parents: stop doing so much for your kids. In an Instagram video that spread widely and a follow up appearance on Fox and Friends, Frost argued that a growing number of

Here is a finding that runs against years of conventional wisdom about busy, enriched childhoods. When researchers asked American kids what they actually want to do, nearly half said they would rather play with friends in ways adults do not organize at all. No coach, no schedule, no sign-up sheet. Just kids and time. As

When students across Virginia walk back into class this fall, one familiar object will be missing from their hands all day long. Starting July 1, 2026, a new state law requires every public school in Virginia to keep student cell phones put away from the first bell to the last, including during lunch and the

A major annual checkup on how American kids are doing landed this month, and the results are sobering. The 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book, released June 8 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, finds that child well-being has slipped in 29 states since 2019, with the country’s overall score dropping for the first time under

Most advice about kids and screens boils down to one word: less. Limit it, delay it, avoid it in the youngest children. So it caught attention this month when a pediatrician at Boston Children’s Hospital made a different argument in STAT News. The problem, she wrote, is not screens themselves. It is passivity. And her

When it comes to babysitting, there are certain expectations that come with the job. Keeping the children safe, entertained, and well-cared for are often at the top of the list. But what about cleaning up after them? Should babysitters be responsible for tidying up the mess left behind by the kids they’re watching? This question

Seasoned traveler and Hollywood star Isla Fisher recently revealed her go-to tricks for keeping children entertained during long flights. The Wedding Crashers actress, who never flies without the comfort of a tracksuit and cashmere socks, shared her insights in an interview with 9Travel. As a mother of three, Fisher has devised creative ways to occupy

Outrage has ignited in Denmark over the case of Keira Alexandra Kronvold, a Greenlandic woman whose baby was taken just two hours after delivery. Activists assert that the “parenting competency” tests used to justify the removal are discriminatory against Greenlandic people and other minorities. The controversial psychometric assessments, known as forældrekompetenceundersøgelse (FKU), are commonly employed

A notable trend has emerged in baby naming: the adoption of traditional dog names for newborns. This trend, expected to gain further momentum in 2025, signifies a broader cultural shift in naming conventions. Particularly evident in regions like Australia, names such as Bear, Banjo, and Blue are becoming increasingly popular among new parents. According to