Recovering from any sort of chemical addiction, alcohol, cocaine, methamphetamine, etc., is hard work. Being a patient, nurturing parent is hard work. Either of these two tasks on their own requires ...

One of the scariest, most amazing, most intimidating numbers I've run across as a mother is 700. It's the number of new neural connections that a child's brain makes, per second, in the first years of ...

When we consider parenting styles, our parents are the obvious role models. We bounce off of them, tending to try to replicate their approach or, if negative, drift towards the opposite. But ...

I cringe at the word “amazing” when used to describe parents. Let’s face it, parenthood is not for the weak and squeamish, and even on our best days as parents, we can fail one moment and succeed ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County Juvenile Court and Porter-Leath are hoping for safer, healthier homes for children after celebrating their first-ever nurturing parent program graduation on Tuesday.

Parenting plays a crucial role in shaping a child’s personality. Raising kids is one of the most fulfilling yet toughest jobs in the world. Every parent wants their child to be kind, empathetic, ...