Leaving kids with a babysitter or dropping them off at daycare can be hard, especially if the kids are little. “As a parent, your heart may ache if your child is crying out for you and wants you,” ...

Telling an upset child to “stop crying” might seem like a well-meaning attempt to soothe them and quickly restore a sense of peace to the situation. But a leading family psychotherapist has warned ...

To a child, it often becomes identity. Kids don’t hear “your behavior is off.” They hear “you are off.” When adults use shame ...

I have two school-aged boys and I have a 38-month-old little girl. My question is about my daughter. With my sons, usually if they cried, and I gave them what they wanted, they’d stop crying and that ...

When your child is upset about something you don't believe is worth their tears, it's easy to throw out seemingly innocuous phrases in the heat of the moment — "Stop crying! You're fine!" However, ...

Children don't learn calm from what they're told — they learn it from what they watch. Here are three everyday behaviors ...