You have a problem with a teacher at your child’s community child-care center. Naturally, you take your grievance to the center’s managers, but are told there’s nothing they can do. Even though you’re ...

Parents are much less likely to intervene when their young children are getting dressed or performing other simple chores if those tasks are framed as learning opportunities, according to a new study ...

Parents should not feel pressured to make their young children undertake structured learning or achieve specific tasks, particularly during lockdown. A new study of children under the age of two has ...

As nice as it might be to have a perfectly obedient child (albeit rather unusual), you probably also want your child to grow into an independent, autonomous adult who can make decisions for themselves ...

Parental rights have emerged as a central battleground in the culture wars, debated in school board meetings, courtrooms and legislative chambers across the country. As conflicts intensify over what ...

On one of my visits to New Guinea, I met a young man named Enu, whose life story struck me then as remarkable. Enu had grown up in an area where child-rearing was extremely repressive, and where ...

Judith Locke does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Have you ever thrown up your hands and said (or screamed): "Why doesn’t my child listen to me?” If so, you’re not alone. We all want our children to pay attention and respond when their safety is at ...

Peoples in western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic nations (WEIRD populations) differ from most of the world in a host of ways, including parenting culture. Yet WEIRD societies are ...