Parenting News

There are all kinds of tests of parenting. The first day of school. The trip to the ER after a playground mishap.

A specialist Nottinghamshire advice team offering advice and support to children and their families, has dealt with more than 1,500 requests for help in its first five months.

Abuse in a marriage affects the whole family. There may be false belief that a victim holds saying "my partner might abuse me, but they are still a good parent to the kids."

With as many as 1.5 million Americans having some form of autism, including milder variants such as what used to be called Asperger Syndrome, many of those on the autism spectrum are also parents.

DeJean Middle School's corridors and classrooms were abuzz Saturday not with algebra and English, but with giving young people a helping hand into adulthood.

NA'AMAT debuted a unique campaign geared towards fathers to become more equal partners and take responsibility through joint parenting.

Milwaukee Police say a ten year old ended up driving after his mom was drunk when she picked him up from the bus stop.

But whether it's advice about following your dreams, a stern grandmotherly talking to about moving on or a "birds and the bees" lecture, here are 10 pieces of advice worth sharing from our favorite TV parents: "As long as you're not hurting anybody, you can do anything you want to do."

An attorney representing two Detroit-area nurses challenging Michigan's gay-marriage ban is focusing part of his closing arguments on expert testimony presented throughout the trial.

A startup is crowdfunding cross-country flights to help single men and women in San Francisco and New York find love.

A teenage boy fatally shot his ex-girlfriend before turning the gun on himself at a north Phoenix home in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said.

Turkey's prime minister has threatened drastic steps to censor the Internet, including shutting down Facebook and YouTube, where audio recordings of his alleged conversations suggesting corruption have been leaked in the past weeks, dealing him a major blow ahead of this month's local elections.

A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle around 3:20 p.m. Friday at Market and Broad streets in York, according to York County 911.

A federal audit finds New Jersey did nothing wrong when it used a no-bid contract to hire a firm to clean up debris left behind by Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

The American Academy of Pediatrics says parents should talk with their kids about issues that important to tweens and teens: bullying, popularity, status, depression, social anxiety, risk-taking and sexual development.

Meningococcal disease Q-and-A: After 17-year-old Jake Parkhurst , a Central Catholic High School student, died Tuesday of suspected meningococcal disease, The Oregonian's Katy Muldoon compiled a meningococcal disease Q-and-A that every parent should read to learn more about this rare but fast-moving and scary disease.

ONE CHANCE FOR SOME FLURRIES LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. JOSH? WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PARENTING IN A POSITIVE WAY.

One very great chapter in your marriage is when you kids start having kids. It looks like that time is coming very soon, having a daughter who's pregnant has become an exciting time.

Local pastors and supporters of traditional marriage rallied around the federal courthouse in Detroit on Monday, March 3, 2014, during the same-sex marriage trial.

Here's a look at what's been happening in Oregon and beyond so far this week that's of particular interest to parents.