An expert explains why homework is essential, how to maximize its benefit to learners, and what the "no-homework" approach gets wrong.

New findings clarify when and why teenagers lie or tell the truth to their parents. Disclosure and lying are "complex and nuanced" actions.

Even parents who don’t drink much throughout the year may have a few extra eggnogs at a Christmas party or beers while watching the Super Bowl. And that has implications for how they treat their kids.

Psychologists have long focused on the importance of a secure attachment with a mother for healthy child development. A new look supports the value of attachment – but it doesn’t have to be with mom.

Half a million new mothers in the US suffer from postpartum depression every year, yet a lack of awareness and stigma toward the condition keep many from getting the help they need.

New poll results indicate a gap between parents' views on independence for kids and their propensity for "helicopter parenting."

Parents and coaches of youth chess players peg the highest potential rating of girl players to be lower than that of boy players.

"...the US has really focused on pushing breastfeeding as a goal, but we have done that without thinking through all of the relative costs..."

"All mothers experience stress; but Black mothers in the US experience additional stresses specifically related to parenting and racism."