Winter is a magical time for children and you can enhance their appreciation and understanding of the season by conducting simple, but serious science investigations right in your own home. Give your children a head

If you or another member of your family is coping with a serious illness, you know the impact it can have on your children as they confront the anger and anxiety that can come with

As you read the local paper, or watch the news, there are ample people bemoaning the loss of manners in today's young people. But are manners really dead? More likely they are transitioning. Manners morph

It's a scene that rattles new parents and frustrates seasoned ones: your child screams from his bedroom in the middle of the night, startling you awake as you scramble to his room and find him

Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D., is co-author with Daniel J. Siegel of the best-selling book "The Whole Brain Child" and, more recently, of "The Yes Brain Child: Help Your Child be More Resilient, Independent and Creative."

One Example of How Art Aims to Deepen Understanding of Parenting Faceless people are depicted carrying things, fleeing the scene, being arrested by the police and scaling a large wall. One person wearing bright colors

Want to know the secret to a kinder, more compassionate world? Start setting the example when your children are young. To instill a sense of empathy, you can engage in volunteerism as a family to

Wide-receiver LeBron James? Skiing star Novak Djokovic? Major League catcher Tom Brady or basketball power forward Abby Wambach? Confused? You're not alone. Most of us associate these athletes with one sport. But the fact of