Parenting News

Just read a cautionary tale in today's Dear Abby . The letter was from a martyra I mean a mother describing how her two adult daughters arrive for Thanksgiving each year expecting the guest-treatment. For some mysterious reason, these "girls" never offer to help their mother with the annual banquet she produces for 20+ people.

The trials of Wausau parents earlier this year brought the issue to light about faith, spiritual healing, and the role of the State to intervene.

Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:23am EST - A girl poses near Barbie dolls at a toy store in a file photo.

"I want you to draw it for me," children often insist. They protest, "I can't draw a car," a cat, a picture of Ariel the mermaid, or a Batman.

MEMPHIS - It was their last chance for a baby with her eyes. His chin. Her nose.

Some of us are conflict avoiders. Some of us are conflict seekers. Sometimes it seems as if our children are all conflict seekers and we parents are conflict avoiders - or conflict stiflers.

Every year at this time, the Herald is among those newspapers that runs the perennial kids' version of cooking a turkey for Thanksgiving.

I don't know exactly how we ended up in this situation, but I find that one of the toughest things about being a single parent with three varied age kids we've raised with attachment parenting ideals is that they're not babysitter friendly.

The cover story in this week's Time is " The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting " It's really a terrific piece that features some of the bigger names in the backlash movement .

One in three new mothers is left alone during or just after labour because maternity services are overstretched, according to a survey.

It was top honours for The Baby Expo on Thursday night last week as they won a Best Exhibition of the Year' at the 2009 Annual Exhibition Association of South Africa Awards held at Gallagher Estate.

I recently spent some time with a friend who has three children. My buddy, whom I've known since fifth grade, is a college-educated responsible guy who has never failed to do right by his family.

There is a really good article in Time Magazine about overparenting. Is helicopter parenting "over"? "And so there is now a new revolution under way, one aimed at rolling back the almost comical overprotectiveness and overinvestment of moms and dads.

Residents of a broken north St. Louis neighborhood called Monday for a restoration of hope and dignity, and in Atlanta, the Rev.

Hot on the heels of winning a Top Women in Business Award, the SABC Education Baba Indaba team has scooped both Top Exhibition of the Year for the third time and the Gold award for Most Memorable Event at the Exhibition & Event Association of Southern Africa's Annual Awards, held at Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, on Thursday, 19 November ...

As far back as Father Knows Best , television has been an unintentional teaching aid for parents.

Do you sometimes feel as if being a parent is your second job? If so, you are not alone.

Being a single parent is never something we foresee ourselves as doing. No one anticipates raising their children alone.

Overparenting has sparked a backlash , claims Time, which sees a "revolution under way, one aimed at rolling back the almost comical overprotectiveness and overinvestment of moms and dads." The insurgency goes by many names a ' slow parenting, simplicity parenting, free-range parenting a ' but the message is the same: Less is more; hovering is ...

Disney has abruptly shut down two popular parenting websites less than 18 months after acquiring them.