Hovering usually comes from love and anxiety, not control. These three things help anxious parents hover less while still supporting their kids and building independence.

Research from recent decades shows that versions of Kara’s experience are common for less favored siblings. In childhood, ...

Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. When one of my now-adult kids was in middle school, I had a small epiphany about parenting. I had ...

In the United States, 43% of teenagers say children are better off when one parent doesn’t have a job and focuses on the family. A larger share (57%) say children are just as well off when both of ...

Dr. Twenge is a psychology professor at San Diego State University and the author of “10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World.” The standardized test scores of American students had been rising ...

As the Trump administration works to reimagine public health, a new study paints a stark picture of the challenges facing the nation’s kids. American children’s health has significantly worsened ...

According to the study, Californians need to earn at least $97,656 a year to be able to afford a child and one stay-at-home ...

Recipients of Social Security should look out since June promises one less payment to look forward to. Occasionally, due to the Social Security schedule, beneficiaries get one less day of payments in ...

Societies do collapse, sometimes suddenly. Nevertheless, prophets of doom might keep in mind that their darkest predictions have been, on the whole, a little premature. In 1968, Paul Ehrlich, a ...

DCF wants to place more children in ‘kinship care’ — with a relative or other close family connection. But doing so has been ...