Zachary Wright “had to drag my son kicking and screaming into kindergarten.” He remembered his own “struggles with anxiety, depression...

spycam is the babysitter, reports Ronda Kaysen in the New York Times. Working parents can use an array of security devices to keep tabs...

A college education isn’t intended to make people think any more, write Greg Lukianoff, a First Amendent specialist, and Jonathan Haidt,...

Rick Hess suggests 10 questions to ask your child’s teacher on Forbes. I like: What’s the one paper, project, or unit that I should...

There has to be a simpler way of avoiding gender stereotypes than refusing to admit that your twins are boys, girls or one of each....

The son of tiger parents, lawyer Ryan Park wants to raise his daughters to be “happy, confident, and kind,” he writes in the New York...

Children — and their parents and teachers face a “crisis of self-regulation,” argues Katherine Reynolds Lewis in The Good News About Bad...

By the age of three, children growing up in poverty hear 30 million fewer words than the children of educated parents, concluded a study...

Gopnik, a psychology and philosophy professor at Berkeley, wants parents to let their children grow freely without too much worry about...

My mother, my sister and me (the fat baby) in 1952. Parents — especially educated parents — spend a lot more time caring for their...

Deanne Carson An Aussie sex education expert says parents should ask for permission to change a child’s diaper, reports Kashmira Gander...

Students and parents disrespect teachers, complained Julie Marburger in a Facebook post that went viral. She teaches sixth grade in a...

New York magazine features parents who are raising “theybys” — children whose biological sex is kept a mystery, so they can avoid...

Education reformers are working hard to “rescue” children who arrive at school without the language skills, knowledge and emotional...

When is a child ready for social media asks Judi Ketteler in the New York Times. Her 9-year-old son is showing off his flips on...

Upper-middle-class parents are worried about screen time, writes Michael J. Petrilli. They worry about attention deficit disorder,...

Sara Zaske moved to Germany with a four-year-old daughter, then gave birth to a son. In Achtung Baby she praises “the German art of...

Text-messaged “nudges” can help parents support their children’s learning, writes Daisy Yuhas, citing research at Stanford’s Center for...

A Colorado mother shot the first video for her child in 1996. “Five years later, she sold the company to Disney for a reported $25...

fabulous, long-forgotten word: Oaf-rocked. In a story on Paul Anthony Jones’ book, The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities, the BBC reports...