That’s a valuable lesson about how good it feels to be able to make a choice, which can boost kids’ confidence and ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Every parent has been on the receiving end of a one-word answer. You ask your kid how their day was, and ...

Today, Marc Brackett is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. But he remembers what it was like to be a kid who struggled with his emotions. “I would sometimes just sit ...

Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years—so today we’re diving into the archives of Care and Feeding to share classic parenting letters with our readers. Have a question for Care and ...

Hi, Meghan: My just-turned-5-year-old has begun experimenting with “being mean” (her words), and I’m at a loss for how to handle it. A little context: My kid has always been a ...