The private car is the default transport option for many families. This reduces physical activity and increases greenhouse gas emissions, with unhealthy results for their children and the environment.

The stillbirth of Journey Moon prompted sympathy—and a backlash. By Emily Shugerman.

Mouse studies show tiny intercellular pods convey to sperm a legacy of a father’s hard knocks in life

Parents should not spank their children, the American Academy of Pediatrics said on Monday in its most strongly worded policy statement warning against the harmful effects of corporal punishment in the home. The group, which represents about 67,000 doctors, also recommended that pediatricians advise parents against the use of spanking, which it defined as “noninjurious, openhanded hitting with the intention of modifying child behavior,” and said to avoid using nonphysical punishment that is humiliating, scary or threatening.

Have you seen this piece called “Rules For Parents Of Daughters” that was bouncing around the web a few years ago? It’s from a blog called “People I Want To Punch In The Throat” and written by a woman known only as Jen.

From the data of more than 40 million births, scientists at Stanford have linked paternal age to birth risks, and even risks to the mother’s health.

When this father heard that his son was being bullied at school, he took a more compassionate approach to confronting the problem. At first, Aubrey Fontenot was angry to hear that his 8-year-old son Jordan was being picked on at school by another boy named Tamarion – but instead of fighting fire with fire, he decided to invite the boy out for some one-on-one time together.

Although Father Knows Best, that TV and radio show from the ’50s, is long gone, it was on to something: Fathers are wise guys. Sure, they don’t know everything, but you can always count on two things: They have at least some experience with relationships, and no matter what, they just want what’s best for their …

Kids have a habit of imitating their parents’ criminal behavior. It’s no wonder, then, that by one measure, 10 percent of families account for two-thirds of criminals.

Before love, there is satisfaction. Satisfaction is a love seed. From that seed, attachment germinates and love develops. Let me explain … Namely, babies, in the beginning, feel only disturbance and satisfaction. Over time, disturbance develops in anger, disgust and fear. On another side, satisfaction develops in excitement, favour and many other positive emotions among which is love. So, in order for children to love their parents, parents must satisfy their needs while they are helpless babies. On that way, parents develop the attachment of their babies which are crucial for their socio-emotional development.

In a new study of the most downloaded apps for children ages 5 and younger, researchers found advertising in almost all of them.

A study says 12-to-18 months is the ideal interval between giving birth and becoming pregnant again.

Children may suffer delayed language skills if their mothers come in contact with common chemicals called phthalates in early pregnancy, new research suggests.

12 Habits of Parents who Raise A+ Kids (As observed by a High School Teacher)

New research has found that parenthood is associated with harsher moral judgments and greater social conservatism. The study has been published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences. “Parenting is obviously very important to humans, and it makes sense from an evolutionary perspective that parenthood would influence your motivations and priorities. Yet there is relatively little research on the relationships between parenthood and social attitudes, and even less that examines parenting motivation as a psychological factor,” said study author Nicholas Kerry of Tulane University.

Existing studies have determined that many factors play a role in how much money a person will make. Some are very obvious, such as education and occupation, while some are less so – taller people earn more, for example. Our study was the first, however, to create a validated rank ordering of these factors (age, occupation, education, geographic location, gender, race, ethnicity, height, age, delay discounting) using machine learning.

Single mums and dads – don’t despair. With a good photo, an honest profile and a dating site subscription you can master the art of single parent dating

China's net giant Tencent is introducing a real-name registration system for one of its popular games.

Pregnant women with high levels of DDT in their blood are more likely to have children who develop autism, according to NIEHS grantees.

In recent years behaviours on university campuses have created widespread unease. Safe spaces, trigger warnings, and speech codes. Demands for speakers to be disinvited. Words construed as violence and liberalism described as ‘white supremacy’. Students walking on eggshells, too scared to speak their minds. Controversial speakers violently rebuked – from conservative provocateurs such as Milo Yiannopoulos to serious sociologists such as Charles Murray, to left-leaning academics such as Bret Weinstein.

Sweden has seen a rise in reports of child and forced marriages, according to a hotline established by the County Administrative Board in Östergötland County, located in southeastern Sweden. At least 130 phone calls were made in 2018 to a support hotline that seeks to help children and young people who have been forced into marriage. This is a massive increase compared with the 101 calls that were made between 2014 and 2018, according to Swedish public broadcaster SVT.

Those were hard questions.

It doesn’t make you look authoritative. It makes you look out of control to your kids. It makes you look weak.

Smacking is harmful to children's mental health and should be banned, school psychologists say. The Association of Educational Psychologists has tabled a motion to the TUC Conference calling for physical punishment to be outlawed. Presently, although corporal punishment is banned in schools, parents can "smack" or physically chastise a child as long as it is deemed "reasonable".

Vaccination rates appear to have increased following the Federal Government's decision to reduce welfare payments for unvaccinated children. For a month now, families who refuse or delay vaccinations have had their Family Tax Benefit Part A payments reduced by $28 a fortnight for each child. This follows the No Jab, No Play policy that came in to effect in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria at the end of 2017.

Every so often I’ll get a question around here that makes me feel like it needs more than just a quick answer. Such is the case with an anonymous question I received yesterday that goes a little something like this: …

Providing dignity and basic need support in a Harrisburg area school district.

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The sociologist Margaret Hagerman spent two years embedded in upper-middle-class white households, listening in on conversations about race. By Joe Pinsker. (Sept. 4, 2018)

DIY Family Photos are perfect for families on a budget. These tips and tricks will help you create professional-looking DIY Family Portraits without the high price. Awesome DIY Family Portrait Ideas to try

This is the ultimate parent's guide to emergency preparedness for kids. Each of these scenarios should be discussed and every child should know what to do in the event of one of these scenarios.

It's a common refrain among parents: "I wish I could send my kids to private school." The subtext, of course, is that expensive private schools give kids a better education, which leads to better career opportunities and a more successful life. But a new study shows that the advantages of private school disappear when controlling for socioeconomic factors.

The platform’s entertainment for children is weirder—and more globalized—than adults could have expected.

Violent video game play by adolescents is associated with increases in physical aggression over time, according to a new meta-analysis.

In a recent study of the parental caregiving environment, psychologist Rebecca Waller found that within identical twin pairs, the child who experienced harsher behavior and less parental warmth was at a greater risk for developing antisocial behaviors.