What does it mean to be happy? Not just satisfied or content or joyful — but to be truly, blissfully happy? Sometimes, happiness feels as elusive as a magic lamp, especially when we’re in the midst of ...

Wanting kids to be happy all the time sounds like a sound parenting strategy, but it often backfires, says parenting coach Mia Von Scha, who argues that boredom and failure are essential training ...

With my first pregnancy, it seemed everyone was more excited than me. My mother squealed when I told her the news. People at church kept hugging me and grinning in my general direction. Even my OB-GYN ...

"What I have learned from this book (Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How To Stop Yelling and Start Connecting) has already improved my relationship with my eight year old son. My son thanked me this ...

I've always looked forward to Mother's Day. I embrace it as a useful reminder to pause in the tumult of everyday life, to reflect lovingly and thankfully about my mother — and the mother figures in my ...

“We are happily pregnant with our first at age 40 (mother) and 44 (father). We are overwhelmed by all the parenting advice there is on the Internet, with so much contradicting information. How did you ...

Happy parents know that taking care of themselves isn't selfish — it's necessary — so they have no guilt about doing these ...

Communication often misfires between parents and adult daughters. Discover the hidden causes of the tension and the language ...

Parents who manage to build genuinely happy marriages often hope their kids will grow up and copy what they saw at home. A viral TikTok is pushing back on that assumption, arguing that kids from ...