If your child has suddenly started yelling "ballerina cappuccina" in a cartoon accent or calling their sibling "champanzine banananie," don't panic—you're not losing your mind. You're just witnessing ...

Research has determined that severe verbal discipline from parents is particularly destructive to tweens and teens. Adolescents whose parents had been using yelling as a discipline method were more ...

After two back-to-back pregnancies and breastfeeding for three years, I decided to stop in November 2022 because I was ready to get my body back. But I wasn’t ready for what was about to happen: ...

If you’ve been anywhere near kids lately, you’ve probably heard it: shouted across classrooms, echoed down sidewalks or gleefully screamed by toddlers who picked it up from older siblings. For adults ...

"Dr. Laura, I know I should stop yelling, but I can't. And I can't imagine getting my kids to listen if I don't yell at them. Can you move in with me for a week?!” –Cheralynn Like Cheralynn, most ...

Carol Canineu, a mother of three from Brazil, remembers the surge of irritation she felt one morning when her 6-year-old daughter spilled yogurt on the couch. She froze on the edge of yelling, then ...

It's not real Italian. It's barely real language. But kids love it—and here's what parents need to know. If your child has suddenly started yelling "ballerina cappuccina" in a cartoon accent or ...