Scientists have long known that the bond between parent and child is vital to a child's social, emotional, and cognitive development. Secure attachment leads to better emotional regulation, healthier ...

Northwestern Counseling & Support Services’ (NCSS) Parent Child Center provides critical concrete supports to families with young children facing food insecurity, housing instability, and unmet basic ...

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is warning parents about the increasing risk of child identity theft. Warning signs include suspicious mail addressed to a child, debt collection calls or IRS notices.

And research shows the less favored children suffer for it. By Teddy Rosenbluth Teddy Rosenbluth spoke to top favoritism researchers for this story. She is fairly certain she is not the favorite child ...

This Pew Research Center analysis looks at how parents are raising their children religiously. It is part of a broader report that focuses on patterns of religious switching in the United States, ...

A recent Cornell study found that 27% of adults are estranged from a family member. Research from Ohio State finds that 26% of fathers are estranged from an adult child—and that fathers are 22% more ...

Older parents can take advantage of a little-known Social Security benefit that could help them maximize total lifetime benefits, experts said. If you’re at least 62, you may be able to claim Social ...

Early years specialist Dr Mine Conkbayir, wife of comedy actor Paul Whitehouse, has channelled her ADHD diagnosis into a unique podcast. Two years after being diagnosed with attention deficit ...

When parents sit too much, their kids tend to follow suit. But if parents keep active, children don’t mirror the same sedentary habits, a new study has shown. It highlights the power of parents as ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can ...

These are the quickest ways to sabotage an otherwise healthy parent-child connection. Tensions in relationships between parents and their adult children are nothing short of common. Whether they’re ...

A new study found one in four U.S. children has a parent with a substance use disorder, a dramatic increase from years past A large portion of parents' disorders are considered moderate to severe The ...