Young children are naturally impulsive, from the 11-month-old eagerly crawling to explore the electrical outlet on the wall to the 3-year-old dashing into the street to retrieve her ball, to the preschool punching a classmate who gets in his space.

Are you keeping your children home from early childhood learning or education programs because of the pandemic? Are you concerned that they may not be developing the skills they need while at home? If so, tune in this week to learn what you can do to s...

Did you know that 1 in 10 people over the age of 12 years struggles with a substance use disorder? With such a high incidence, it is likely that most people have a friend or family member who is struggling with substance use or abuse. So,

Even if you love to cook healthy and delicious meals, the pressures of work, family and picky eaters sometimes can turn your passion into a feeling of drudgery. Siri Daly knows all about that and has made a career out of rising above the drudgery!

Let's face it, life as a mom (or dad) can be stressful. As we balance caregiving, household responsibilities, activity schedules, mealtimes, work, and, hopefully, some of our own needs, it easy to become exhausted or overwhelmed. Fortunately,

Did you know that many foods we consider healthy are actually filled with sugar? Have you noticed your child's behavior change when they eat too much sugar? Americans are eating more and more sugar and they often don't even realize it.

Before contemplating how to be a happier parent, we should think back to when we decided to become parents. We probably envisioned the fun of playing with our children, laughter and conversations around the dinner table and pride and joy in watching ou...

Let's face it, parenting in today's world can be taxing. With impossible societal standards and unattainable social media ideals for what parents should be, it's no wonder people are feeling burnt out. Author Anne Helen Petersen began to notice that sh...

None of us could have imagined what 2020 would be like. Between the global pandemic, the killing of George Floyd and the uprisings in response to his wrongful death and persistent racism, it has been a year that has challenged parents and children alik...

For all parents, our first lessons in parenting were those learned from our own parents, for better or worse (in most cases, some of both!). Beyond those early firsthand lessons, how we parent also is shaped by social forces and trends that may work fo...