Your relationship with your parents can be complex, especially as adults. With resentment from childhood, unresolved trauma, and a tendency to pick up on toxic traits and habits, it can be not easy to ...

Growing up in a controlling household can have a profound and lasting impact on how a person interacts with others. These toxic environments are filled with rigid rules and unrealistic expectations ...

Researchers who study parenting and child development distinguish between behavioral control and psychological control. Behavioral control involves parents’ attempts to set clear rules and monitor ...

Overprotective parenting can be a burden—on both kids and parents. Autonomous-supportive parenting offers some psychologist-approved tricks to teach your children to be independent. Intensive ...

In my first week of motherhood, my nipples bled. Soon I had clogged ducts I needed to massage in the middle of the night. Then there was the painful milk blister that lasted for two and a half months, ...

Parents, especially mothers and single parents, experience significant stress from the mental load of childcare and housework. The decline in extended family and community support contributes to ...