Attachment Parenting

... wife, Martha, a registered nurse, call this approach attachment parenting, though I didn't think... an "attached" parent solidified. That I was a psychotherapist and knew better intellectually didn't matter... is attachment anxiety: the fear that unless parents do just the right things, their child won't grow up happy...

...Parents who worry about their kids are normal. And with terrorism and war in the news... to Stop It, child and family therapist David Anderegg, Ph.D., makes the case that today's parents... parents needlessly agonize over even routine childrearing issues, says Dr. Anderegg, a professor...

It's normal and healthy for your baby to cry when you leave -- but it's still undeniably painful. Here's how to deal with separation anxiety.

Sometimes you need to cater to your baby's every whimper; at other times, you need to let him figure things out on his own.

From preventing my tired kid from napping to not making him share, I'm guilty as charged. Luckily, you don't need to be perfect in order to raise a great child.

Find out what career your kid might choose when she grows up. Take our future job predictor for kids.

... together every day. Get started when he's a newborn; babies love listening to the sound of their parents.... Kids learn by watching their parents. Modeling appropriate, respectful, good behavior works much better... relationship looks, feels, and sounds like. So it's your job to set a great standard. Respect parenting...

... Rosenfeld, M.D., a child psychiatrist and author of Hyper-Parenting. "If you follow everyone else's advice..., you give up the most creative role in your life." Friends and relatives can offer useful parent... Friel, Ph.D., a marriage counselor in St. Paul and coauthor of The 7 Worst Things (Good) Parents Do...

Surround your children with love, happiness, and encouragement so they have the confidence to reach goals.

...Being a green parent encompasses a lifestyle of making healthy choices that are often organic...-Free Movement -- parents learn to recognize when the baby needs to "go," then transfer the child...

Had it with being tired and carrying around extra weight? Consider these reasons to celebrate being pregnant.

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

From the time of conception until the time you give birth, your body is going to go through some major changes. Find out what to expect with our week-by-week look at your changing body.

If your baby starts screaming the minute you leave, check out our separation survival guide.

Many parents think that it's premature to teach values to a toddler or preschooler. But that's a misconception. Here are the values that all children should develop by their fifth birthday, and some easy ways to make them stick.

Don't feel bad if the answer's no -- most Americans aren't. But the process isn't as daunting as you might think. A pediatrician mom walks you through it.

When it comes to dealing with bad behavior, everyone screws up. We'll help you do it right.

Here are the little new mom secrets that you won't find in the baby books.

Advice for parents on how to talk to teens about sex, from parenting expert Jan Faull, MEd.

Smart strategies for helping your little one cope with the aftermath of a divorce.

Your toddler will grow by leaps and bounds in the months ahead. Don't miss a moment of this awesome age.

What a difference a year makes! Find out what you have to look forward to as your child turns one.

Playdates, games and explaining to your child about his emotions are essential to the social and emotional development of your toddler. Jamie Loehr M.D. and Jen Meyers, authors of "Raising Your Child," provide more activities to enhance your toddler's social and emotional development.

Here are our favorite sweet, funny, and totally doable resolutions any parent can make.

... increasingly gotten 'blacklisted' from a pediatric standpoint. Parents feel better about doing something rather... evaluation, parents of febrile toddlers and preschoolers should focus more on how the child appears... and behaves than on how high the temperature is. Parents sometimes worry that high fever will cause a "febrile...