Our need to protect our children them from the harshness of life never goes away. But an adult child's life-threatening ...

So, then, perhaps buying him that coat is at odds with you having a close relationship with him,” said my therapist. Ouch.

Tonight my heart was crushed as my 17-year old daughter confessed to me she had cried not once but twice to two separate family members while we were together at a family birthday gathering. I was ...

My son used to play every team sport he could. We were constantly running from activity to activity, and he loved it. He wasn’t afraid to try and do things, even if he wasn’t very good at it — he just ...

Thanks to the oral surgeon who extracted four wisdom teeth from my college student’s mouth and the 20-minutes-on-20-minutes-off ice pack schedule, we were tethered to our TV. I hovered and pampered, ...

Raising children involves preparing them for what’s to come. Practicing new routines and discussing unfamiliar and potentially challenging scenarios to reassure teens that the unknown isn’t totally ...

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Clinical psychologist Dr. Lisa Damour has counseled teens and families for decades. Still, it wasn’t until her oldest daughter applied to college last year that she truly understood how the process ...

College is not for everyone, but earning a great living can be. So often, parents and teens fall prey to the myth that the only way to get a well-paying job is with a college degree, and nothing could ...

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The winter holidays are all about family time. Whether playing games, enjoying sports (both the doing and the watching), sharing great meals, or settling down to watch a movie, this is our favorite ...