Few interactions with children are as much fun as learning to speak their language. As they learn to speak ours, heaping tablespoons of words into their minds is one of the healthiest things parents can do for their brains.

Does your child's Facebook habit mean you're a bad parent? Not necessarily. But it does mean you have to establish some new rules and household routines. Here are a few things to consider.

We want to feel more gratitude -- and we want our kids to do the same -- because gratitude is so closely associated with happiness that the two are practically indistinguishable from one another.

If you're ever struggling to make dinner-table conversation with a young child, one question will save you every time: "So tell me, what was the favorite part of your day?"

For some children, the holidays can be stressful and confusing. Family plans and celebrations may be complicated by divorce, separation or remarriage. Here's how parents can do to help children cope with holiday stress.

One of the most gratifying themes I uncovered researching and writing my forthcoming book is just how healing Thanksgiving can be for those of us who have lost our parents.

You know darn well that they're lying to you or hiding something. It can be very hard to take, much less comprehend. Let's face it: of all of the behaviors kids are prone to, lying can especially sting.

Fine dining and toddlers may seem like a disastrous combination, but take a deep breath and another sip of wine. Here are my tips for those times you want a world-class meal but don't have a trusted babysitter.

Although the case is overwhelming that television exposure should be limited, TV cannot be painted with a monolithic brush.

If you just found out that you are expecting twins for the first or second time, take a deep breath because you will survive it and you and your multiples will be in for the adventure of your life.

Mischel found that children who could delay gratification for 15 minutes scored 210 points higher on their SATs than children who lasted one minute.

In this, Part 3 of our series, let's take a look at how students may be viewing the nightly assignments that most schools require of them.

More than 30 years of study show that children raised in growth-mindset homes consistently outscore their fixed-mindset peers in academic achievement.

Bullying has become more than just a part of growing up - it has turned into a serious issue to the point where school is no longer a safe place for o...

We need workplace flexibility to expand the amount of time workers can spend with their children.

Our children can teach us about awe. And anyone who has ever had a child knows that they have so much to teach us about happiness. They experience it easily, and often, if not constantly.

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.

The challenge is not that you are going to have conflicts with your children, but whether they develop into full-scale war that drives you and your children apart.

I wonder whether we Europeans -- who place so much importance on modesty -- cannot perhaps learn something from our transatlantic cousins when it comes to praising children.

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