Parents who lack support often think their struggles are a sign of failure. The US Surgeon General recently declared parental stress a public health crisis. Parents are motivated to make things better ...

Those who cited unrealistic expectations from parents as a contributing factor to burnout point to parents’ demands for ...

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A new study is challenging one of youth sports' most persistent assumptions: that most parents believe their children are destined for college scholarships or professional athletic stardom. Subscribe ...

Many children grow up dreaming – or maybe even expecting – that they will become a star in football, basketball or whatever their favorite sport may be. Most parents have more realistic expectations ...

As people grow older, their relationships with their parents change. They establish their own independent, adult lives, and no longer need the kind of constant care their parents provided when they ...

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Even if they’re not entirely aware of it, many parents have a favorite child in their families, at least according to a study from the Psychological Bulletin. This hidden favoritism and preference, ...

“Just because our children came from us doesn’t mean we get to dictate to them how it is they express their essence.” ― Shefali Tsabary, The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our ...

In a previous PT blog post, I introduced Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies theory. This theory suggests that differences in achieving happiness can be explained by the importance people place on ...