Young children are very physical beings and have great fun rolling around in the grass, jumping, wrestling, chasing and tickling each other. As parents, that roughhousing sometimes makes us uneasy, bringing out worries that someone will get hurt or the...

It’s a big change for parents when children begin college. Parenting college students is a new phase of parenting! -   - If our kids go away to school, we may wonder what is really going on in their lives.

Many of us parents cringe at the thought of having “the talk” with our young adolescent kids. But the whole notion of having a single sex education session on the so-called birds and bees, let alone waiting until your child is an adolescent,

In the early months of life, a child grows and learns by leaps and bounds, making sense of language, emotions, social interactions and countless other aspects of the world around them. Between six months and one year there is a particular burst of deve...

Young children develop speech and language at varying rates, so how do you know when children are learning at their own pace or when there might be speech problems that need further assessment or intervention?

In the current political climate, with disrespect and divisiveness being the norm, it may be hard to imagine why our children would want to become good citizens involved in civic activities. But our future depends on it! -   - Dr. Anne Klaeysen,

Many of us parents worry about the impact of technology and the ever-present devices that are such a huge force in today’s world. Indeed, we should consider carefully both the potential benefits and dangers of screen time.

Have you watched a confident, rambunctious little girl begin to pull back when she approaches adolescence? This week’s Mom Enough guest has, and she is committed to empowering girls and preventing that decline in confidence that so often happens with g...

We’ve all heard the question, “What kind of world are we leaving for our children?” But Dr. Shilagh Mirgain, a health and sport psychologist at the University of Wisconsin, turns that question on its head and asks,

Dav Pilkey was a self-described trouble-maker in the early years of school, often ending up alone in the hallway when his teacher had had enough. Struggling with both reading and attention, Dav passed his time by drawing cartoons of the colorful charac...