Across living rooms and group chats, parents are quietly bracing for the same holiday standoff: a shy kid, an eager grandparent, and a chorus of adults urging a hug. What used to be treated as basic ...

Bans on in-person visitation cause long-lasting psychological harm to both incarcerated parents and their children Credit: Shutterstock In 2017, St. Clair County Jail completely banned people from ...

SARASOTA, Fla.-- The Girl Scouts of America have come out with a warning to parents, not to force their daughters to hug everyone. The Girl Scouts say in the future girls may think physical attention ...

The Girl Scouts are reminding parents that when it's time for the family to get together for the holidays, it's not a good idea to force girls to give physical affection to relatives if they don't ...

Modern parenting has reached a stage where the rush of deadlines, commutes and constant hustle has quietly created a strange new reality in many homes. Kids today often spend so much time with their ...

For many of us, the holiday season involves gatherings with extended family. Ideally, such get-togethers are fun and easy, but for some of us they can be stressful. As a pediatrician, I’d like to ...