Most parents know the heartache that comes with seeing your child sad, sick, or hurt. You can feel helpless about how to comfort them, and it can tear you apart. But while you'll do anything to take ...

Sometimes, a child is serious and quiet by nature. It can be a mistake to try to make that child more upbeat--It suggests that their essence, a not-malevolent essence, is unacceptable. Although it may ...

About 3.5 million cases of child abuse are reported in the United States every year. Now a study has found that when parents are physically abusive, children tend to accommodate it -- but when the ...

One reader replied to her Mumsnet post with, “That little spark of joy they bring you? They clearly also spark that in others” Brian Anthony Hernandez, who has nearly 20 years of journalism experience ...