For example, some parents may want to avoid coming across as controlling, knowing the damaging results it can have (which ...

Adapted from a recent online discussion. DEAR CAROLYN: I drive my son to school, but beforehand, we drop his sister at their dad’s, where she catches the bus. We were running late one day, and my son ...

Parents today like to keep tabs on the online life of their kids, and exercise a degree of control over the experience. But usually this is via intrusive internet “nanny”-type software. Which may be ...

According to a 2013 consumer survey, nearly three-fourths of American parents will be controlling the consumption of their children’s Halloween booty. There are various techniques, from the fixed ...

WASHINGTON — If you’re expecting trick-or-treaters for Halloween, would you consider handing out anything other than candy? While it may seem risky, Lean Plate Club™ blogger Sally Squires said ...

Picture kids armed with squirt guns, overrun pools, ice-cream cones upended and dripping down railings, card games in hallways, stampedes of kids running on deck -- these are just a few of the tales ...

On a sunny sea day aboard a ship in the Caribbean, I took the elevator down from the pool deck to the front desk. When the doors opened, three laughing boys about 13 years old doused me with sprays ...

You could feel her panic when the judge sentenced her. Thoughts of compassion, forgiveness, “those who without sin … ” welled up as she begged, sobbed and pleaded. But we were present to represent her ...