One of the joys of parenthood is watching your child reach milestones as they grow to become their own person: first laugh, first roll over, first steps. But one milestone parents really look forward ...

We should get the kids together sometime! At no time are we going to get the kids together. [Anything longer than two sentences.] I have so thoroughly mastered the art of dropping off and picking up ...

Why don’t children want to talk with us about their bad feelings? Why are they so often defensive and uncommunicative, unwilling even to report mundane events of the day? Why do they so often tell us, ...

Dubai-based Priyamvada Padhye remembers the first and well, the last time she spoke back to her parents. When she was around 14, her mother once reprimanded her for not cleaning up her room. Inspired ...

I know I’m not alone in disliking small talk. Yes, I have a history of social anxiety. I mean, I once hid behind Tim Gunn’s grandfather clock to avoid small talk at a fundraiser at his apartment.