Don't you remember how wonderful your kids smelled as babies? Well, they grow up -- and they smell. Here's how to painlessly teach them to keep their body odor in check.

In college I declared liberation from The Gresko Family Vacation. And for 20 years no amount of free booze, ice cream and skee ball could lure me down. Until they threw in babysitting.

Walking away is a physical action, as well as emotionally and mentally symbolic. It can feel empowering, and it also can hurt deep down inside.

I want a calm, unrushed, cheerful morning -- not one with lots of whining, yelling and searching for misplaced items. (And that's just me!)

Managing our emotions is crucial to our success but it comes at a price: stress, emotional exhaustion, dissatisfaction with the "job," health problems.

Rick and Melissa Lawson had been married for 12 years and had five sons. After chasing her dream of being a singer for three decades, Melissa struck g...

To protect children from popular culture's destructive definitions of failure, give them positive definitions of failure.

I envisioned sitting down with the boys on a bed and starting with, "When boys and girls get older... " only to have them roll their eyes and groan, "We know about that, dad."

There are a lot of parents who describe having a child who receives special treatment, but still, parents have a hard time admitting that they favor one child over others.

Perhaps the mind-body connection is much more powerful than we realize. We all know kids pick up on everything, so perhaps a parent's anxious mind affects a child's sensitive body.

There has been a shift in parenting behavior from the authoritative superior to wanting to be best friends with your kids -- a trend child psychologis...

Americans may not be aware that the price we pay for our growing isolation is increased anxiety.

Behavior management with children is a way of life, not a one-time application. It is a way of communicating and relating over time.

Children don't use words. But they do SIGNAL. They scream. They cry. They fuss. They pout. They cling. What do they signal for? Proximity and relief. The promise of safety.

Children need adults to regulate their emotional arousal so that a traumatic event is encoded in a way that promotes a healthy concept of themselves and their ability to survive.

Parents with babies around Mr. F's age have noticed that it's difficult to tell when their baby is acting out of true need and when their baby is testing boundaries.

How do we inspire a young person to leave home when they know the pantry is stocked, bills are almost nonexistent and they can live in a place where they're loved for free?

Growing up in a place where poverty confronted us on a daily basis profoundly impacted my life. We were taught that if were were successful, we should give back to those in need.