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Q: I've been living with my girlfriend and her two kids for about six months. Everything is okay between us, however, it really bothers me that she refers to her ex as, "the a---".

In the beginning of parenthood, children are viewed as innocents and all they do is sleep, eat, coo, poo and melt your heart.

"Clueless" star Alicia Silverstone has risked the wrath of parenting groups by sharing her controversial views on motherhood in a new book, in which she criticizes vaccination programs and claims women can boost fertility by ditching tampons and sugar.

Back in 2011, Richard Jama was at featured in a Denver Post article labeled "Proud Father Embraces His Responsibility" -- a headline far more positive than the ones this certified nurses aide is inspiring now.

You never want somebody else's face to pop up on a video call from your daughter's cell number.

Being an elderly caregiver lends perspective as to what days could be like if your elderly parents required your full attention as you once required theirs.

Nothing keeps you on your knees or on your toes like parenting. Maybe you can relate to these words attributed to John Wilmot: "Before I got married, I had six theories about raising children; now I have six children and no theories."

Grads of $35,000-a-year prep school were 'masterminds behind heavily-armed drug ring at posh Philadelphia colleges and high schools' that they infiltrated by coaching lacrosse teams Top Hollywood bosses - including former Fox head, an ex-Disney TV president and a Broadway producer - accused alongside X-men director Bryan Singer of abusing boys ... (more)

'It was my dream to win for the people of Boston': American man wins city's marathon for the first time in THREE DECADES while wearing bombing victims' names, just a year after tragedy hit EXCLUSIVE - The killer smirk that says I'm free: Ronald Reagan shooter John Hinckley pictured for first time after winning fight to be released for 17 days a ... (more)

The religious right's love affair with the anti-gay policies of Russian President Vladmir Putin continued Sunday on the weekly edition of ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," when a panel of mostly conservative commentators supported the ban on gay adoption in Russia.

"We are seeing an increased need in the community for specialized parenting groups," said Jan Buchler, Executive Director of The Parenting Network.

It's not just kids who are overdoing screen time. Parents are often just as guilty of spending too much time checking smartphones and e-mail and the consequences for their children can be troubling.

Warren County Children and Youth Services will offer a variety of parenting classes in May and June.

An undated handout image from the movie "Frozen." The historic Walt Disney Animation Studios, where the art of mainstream animation was essentially born, wins its first Oscars for “Frozen,” and with it a new lease on life.

An event to help parents raising preteens or teens will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24 in the Verona Community Center, 880 Bloomfield Ave. The event will feature advice on why teenagers do what they do, understanding a child's struggle with independence and identity, ways to assist in developing values, realistic expectations and ... (more)

Dear Carolyn: My boys are 4 and 6 and very high-energy, though well behaved for their ages.

"Am I going to be an outcast?" A friend, who recently moved to an upscale neighborhood in Madison, Wis., called me last week to ask if she would be able to make mommy friends if she continued feeding her children - gasp! - non-organic food.

Today I'd like to inscribe a name on your heart so that it can live forever: Hana Williams.

Authors, school systems and others are showing increasingly concerted efforts to provide children as young as kindergarten with more and better personal finance and money handling information and skills.

Glen Canning, the father of Rehtaeh Parsons, at his Halifax home earlier this month.