Warm and supportive parenting may buffer against the effects of stress during childhood and adolescence. That is the key takeaway of our recent study, published in the journal PNAS Nexus. However, in ...

New research highlights how consistent discipline and positive parenting may support children's emotional and behavioral well-being.

Kids who receive positive early interactions from their parents have a reduced risk of obesity, according to a new study. The ...

More than one in five adults in the U.S. experience mental illness each year, according to data from the National Alliance on ...

The term positive parenting may sound like a 'new-age hippy' way to parent your children, or even a term made up by celebrities such as Goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow, but it's actually a parenting ...

There's no one right way to raise a child, but different patterns of parenting are associated with how kids behave. A new study, published on September 30, 2026 in the open access journal PLOS One, ...

Positive parenting — many parents strive for it, but it doesn’t just happen. Positive parenting is an intentional act that takes training and practice. While in a perfect world, parents would start ...

Relationships with parents in early childhood may be related to how a person perceives pleasant events in adolescence and ...

For much of its history, psychology has primarily focused on studying and treating psychological disorders. However, there has been a shift towards positive psychology in recent years, emphasizing the ...

With 220+ pages of expert information and advice, Positive Parenting Strategies is caregivers’ essential guide to improving self-esteem, emotional control, and communication skills in children with ...

Broadly speaking, being a sex positive parent means engaging in healthy, open, and informed conversations about sex and sexuality with your child(ren). Doing this can enpower them to grow into ...