A popular parenting technique that has been used on babies for decades may be stunting their development, a new report has found. Experts are warning against using white noise to lull children to sleep, whether from a car or a…
“I was on a flight with my three-year-old daughter and there was a family sitting across from us with a child who looked about the same age,” one mother begins her post on a parenting advice forum. “The little boy…
A daycare worker has shared a baby name she says is so bad, the girl’s grandmother won’t use it. With a post in a Facebook group, she writes about her workplace: “Honestly, most of the kids had pretty normal names,”…
An angry mum says a group of schoolgirls were locked in a classroom for hours on the first day of school – because they were wearing the wrong shoes. Charlotte Byers, 39, claims her daughter Lillyanne, 13, was forced to…
Most parents would give up social media, the vacation of a lifetime and even their best friend – all for the well-being of their child. The survey of 2,000 parents of children aged 0-8 looked at what parents would be…
A family travel blogger has revealed her secret to making an entire row on a flight, but solo flyers seem to be against it. Jess Darrington, the Idaho-based creator of Where’s Briggs?, which specializes in travel tips for parents with…
The other night I was in bed reading to my two youngest daughters. I heard my two-year-old mumble something, but I couldn’t understand it at all. “Mommy, did you hear what Lily said?” my five-year-old daughter asked with wide eyes.…
A recent viral post on Reddit sparked fierce debate after a mother detailed the shocking moment her mother shaved her daughter’s hair without permission. She explained that her three-year-old child is biracial, which is at the heart of the story.…
Should not be on the phone as a parent Screen-addicted moms and dads are destroying their children’s language development skills by typing, texting, tweeting and TikTokking, new data warns. “Parental techno-reference”—the regular interruption of face-to-face interactions between parents and children…
Jane’s daughter is turning three soon, so she’s trying to teach her that her body is her own and that she can say no to hugs and kisses if she wants to. But despite her best efforts to teach this…