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 ...

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 ...

Parents often nurture their teens — they hold their kids’ hands and walk alongside them. As teens grow, though, there comes a time for parents to shift their approach. Instead of just nurturing, ...

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.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

No matter who you are, parenting comes with as many challenges as it does triumphs. Being a good parent is a learned trait that comes with many trials and errors along the way, but according to an ...