Parenting News

It feels like the Parent Police were working overtime June 30 when single mom Debra Harrell was arrested in North Augusta, S.C., and charged with child neglect while her daughter was taken t0 the Department of Social Services.

A successful voluntary group has been praised by the Deputy Prime Minister for its work in supporting young Sheffield families.

Does seeing the wreckage of downed airliners, missiles flying and gunfire in the streets affect them? What do we tell them? It is unlikely children are actually going to be touched by war or terrorist attacks in New Zealand but our children could become frightened and upset.

A disgusting, terrible story, just got disgusting-er and terribler: McDonald's has fired Debra Harrell, the woman who was arrested for letting her nine-year-old daughter play alone at the park while she was at work.

Here's how this crazy experiment came about: I was watching TV with my wife and suddenly found myself in a big fat puddle of embarrassing ugly cry, thanks to an Extra Gum commercial about birds and college and heartbreak - something like that.

It's hard to believe it, but Lady Antebellum 's Hillary Scott celebrates her baby Eisele 's first birthday Tuesday.

Q: Using your advice, I successfully toilet-trained my daughter by age 16 months.

Little Katy Grace Leeson may have been accidentally suffocated before she was found lifeless by her father in the early hours of March 14. But a Doncaster coroner recorded an open conclusion because no cause of death could be determined by a Home Office pathologist.

Prince George turns 1 on Tuesday. While he may be too young to appreciate it, the milestone is causing a nationwide frenzy.

After three teens were arrested and charged for murdering two homeless men while they slept, many people have asked "where was the parenting" as the teens roamed the streets in the middle of the night terrorizing the homeless.

In 2001, as adult supervision seemed to be extending into every aspect of children's lives, Frank Furedi wrote the seminal 'Paranoid Parenting'.

Good parenting and life skills coaching seem to reduce inflammation in children from low-income families, a new study suggests.

Good parenting and life skills coaching seem to reduce inflammation in children from low-income families, a new study suggests.

March is National Nutrition Month as well as Parenting Month. For hungry kids, a refrigerator can offer a plethora of food choices -- but are your kids making the healthiest selections? Should you be steering theme towards certain foods? Find out by filling your plate from this interactive fridge.

TV production company Twofour Broadcast wants to hear from Wiltshire families who need the help of 'Supernanny' Jo Frost in what is being described as the ultimate country house parenting retreat.

Kelly Drake was presented with a NCT national commendation and a prize for most innovative volunteer at the regional NCT Star Awards on Saturday in recognition of her dedication and hard work since becoming branch chair two years ago.

There is a book that sits on my night stand: "I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids."

Being engaged and informed in your child's health is one of the most important roles that a parent can fill, but dealing with a health issue can be anxiety-inducing for most parents.

I mean, at the moment it's actually not. But only because I cleaned it when I could no longer find a spot on the floor to place a pile of clean laundry.

In the wake of numerous school shootings, "viral humiliation" and teen suicide, one dad has decided to launch his family on a social experiment he hopes will serve them - and society - well.