Setting Limits

Stop your kid's seemingly endless requests and ungrateful attitude with our expert plan.

Act smart when your child gets sassy.

Your child has become a big talker, but now she argues about everything. Here's how to cope.

Discipline isn't punishment, and there's more than one way to correct your child's behavior--without yelling. Here's a tactic for every age.

As a parent, it's your job to set limits. But how do you do that and manage to avoid power struggles?

Striking a balance between being easy-going and heavy-handed when it comes to upholding rules can be a tricky task for any parent. Take our quiz and find out if you're a softie or a strict disciplinarian!

Kids ask for so much -- and it's tempting to give in to keep the peace. But a good parent has to be the bad guy sometimes.

Award-winning author, Michele Borba, EdD, recently appeared as a guest on Parents.com Community boards to offer practical advice on children's behavior and violence prevention. This sought-after, motivational speaker has presented workshops to more than one million participants throughout North American, Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific, and has served as an educational consultant to hundreds of schools. She currently serves on Parents magazine's advisory board. The following is her advice on how to help children handle anger.

We cut to the chase and tell you what you really need to know to have a well-behaved kid.

Teach the values kids need to be nice.

Helping your child master these simple rules of etiquette will get him noticed -- for all the right reasons.

Want your kid to pitch in around the house? Our creative chore charts help get the job done.

If your kid is constantly ignoring you, we have ways to get her attention.

Accepting blame and taking responsibility are learned skills. Start teaching them now.

Moms and dads from our Facebook community share the parenting routine or habit they feel most proud of when it comes to effectively raising happy, responsible kids.

Follow one gay father's journey to understanding society's exclusion of nontraditional families, while struggling with traditional familial milestones.

Keep it simple with these easy ideas to make school lunches healthy and fun.

Keep them away from the cookie jar with these tasty healthy eats.

We spoke to Parents advisor Michael Rich, MD, MPH, director of the Center on Media and Child Health, at the Children's Hospital Boston about the impact of TV and movies on kids.

Download our free printables to create your own mix-and-match coloring books.

Welcome to the Age of Insolence. Find out how to rein in back talk at every age.

Try these Motherboard Mom-tested ways to thank the important people in your child's life.

Tired of nagging your child to do the right thing? Skip the lecture! Instead, add these super-fun ways to teach honesty, responsibility, compassion, patience, and more to your parenthood playbook. (We promise she won't even notice the lesson.)

How to teach your child to navigate the new rules of school-age friendships.