Sometimes the stress of everyday life can make us forget all the fun things about children. Yes, we have to worry about curfews, and nutrition, and homework, and peer pressure, and a million and one other things, but it's also good to relax...

As our children get older there are more and more draws on their time. On the one hand I want them to keep busy, and to fill their time usefully, but on the other hand it's important that they learn to prioritize, and to get the important things done...

One of our kids, Veronica, is very reluctant to take responsibility for her actions. There are dozens of examples, but two recent ones stand out as typical; one involving school, and the other her health. She's getting low grades in math, because her...

We're very fortunate that our children are, for the most part, easy to feed. None of them have turned out to be particularly picky eaters, although like all children they have gone through stages of being more or less particular about certain foods....

It can be a challenge deciding exactly how much information to give a child in any given situation. When they come to you with a question, is it appropriate to give them a quick and evasive answer, whitewashing the issue, or is it your responsibility...