The Victorian-era parenting practices that make the 1950s look enlightened While 1950s parenting practices seem shocking ...

LITTLE ROCK — I don't know about you, but I'm ready for the 1960s to be over and done with. That destructive decade has ruled American parenting for 40 years and pretty well ruined it in the process.

An individual who occupies a fairly high-level position in the mainstream media recently told one of my associates that I'm "old-fashioned." She meant it as a slight, but I hardly took it that way. I ...

In today’s modern society, with hate crimes originating from vicious acts of racism, and consistent intimidation in schools that are vividly being shown on television and social media, individuals may ...

From Tiger Moms to helicopter parents, no child-rearing style escaped scrutiny. By Melonyce McAfee This article was originally published on December 20, 2019 in NYT Parenting. “You’re doing it wrong!” ...

After Carla met Nancy in the elevator of their New York City apartment building two years ago, she was thrilled to have found a bona fide girlfriend, as well as a “mom” friend. Not only could they ...

Over the past couple of weeks, we've gotten more than a few requests from readers to recommend some books on pregnancy and child-rearing. Unfortunately, we haven't actually read many of these books ...

I am sometimes asked if I think the “parenting pendulum” is swinging back, however slowly, toward where it was 60-plus years ago or at least toward a tolerable middle point. Before I answer the ...

New parents finding advice and support in Early Childhood Family Education classes often wish the program would continue after their child turns 5. A new partnership is making that happen. The classes ...

There is child rearing and there is parenting. America replaced the former with the latter in the 1970s, and it’s been downhill ever since. My mother, a single parent during most of my formative years ...