Everyone makes mistakes and children are no exception. What's important is how we learn from them. Yet, children grow up in a society that pressures them to be perfect and intelligent - to achieve the ...

It's easy to want to be the perfect parent when you have kids, but making mistakes as a parent is pretty natural. In fact, it's part of the equation for raising successful kids, developmental ...

Many adults believe in punishment, whether it’s timeouts, spanking, or loss of privileges. “Kids need consequences for bad behavior,” parents often tell me. Young children do need us to pay attention ...

I noticed my oldest daughter was relying on me more and more. She told me I had to let her sink or swim, and I knew she was right. When my youngest daughter started struggling too I had a hard time ...