Parenting

A child witnessing you support a friend, or vice versa, shows them that part of resilience is creating a network where it’s OK to ask for help.

One Florida mom is asking the question every parent’s been dying to scream into the void: Why do children’s play spaces open so ridiculously late?

Several parents, doctors and lawmakers nationwide are raising concerns, saying giving melatonin to young kids isn’t well-studied and shouldn’t be done without parental permission.

YouTube baby whisperer Ms. Rachel and her husband have welcomed their second child, Susannah, via surrogate.

Some federal worker parents and working moms say Trump’s end to remote work has forced tough decisions. Here’s how it could affect the economy.

“Trevor got more game these ‘grown’ men out there… be a Trevor.”

For nine months, Hailey Okula’s Instagram followers watched her balance the demands of her job with the happiness of preparing for her and her husband’s first child. Now, that same community is coming together to support her husband and their newborn son in the aftermath of her death.

Kelly Clarkson is not going to lie on Kylie Kelce‘s podcast: She has a beef with schools that plan events for parents to attend in the middle of the workday. “Why do schools have things in the middle of the f—ing day?” Clarkson asked Kelce rhetorically on the March 27 episode of the “Not Gonna Lie” podcast. “I get to be...

Alexandra Hildebrandt, a 66-year-old from Germany, told TODAY that she had no problems getting pregnant for a 10th time without fertility drugs.

Kelly Clarkson, who shares kids River and Remy with ex Brandon Blackstock, recently detailed double standards she says she experiences when it comes to coparenting.

Jen Hamilton was certain her son would have “the soul of a river rafting tour guide.”

A popular brand is facing backlash after asking an influencer to return a bassinet when her baby died.

Would you sleep in a “family bed?” One mom vows to co-sleep for as long as her children want, and she’s stunning TikTok viewers with her enormous bed. “They’re only little for so long,” Cassey Bly, a mother of three in Connecticut, tells TODAY.com. In a TikTok video, Bly changes the sheets on her massive bed — two queen-sized mattresses pushed together...

A daycare teacher says her nap time rule doesn’t please all parents. 

A crash landing of a Delta Air Lines flight in Toronto has highlighted the potential dangers of flying with a young child on an adult’s lap.

“If you say, ‘No, no, no’ and then eventually say, ‘Yes,’ kids learn that sometimes ‘no’ means ‘yes,’” Dr. Nika Douvikas, a pediatrician in New Jersey, tells TODAY.com. 

Schools across the United States are closing due to spikes in influenza and other seasonal illnesses. As the 2024–2025 flu season rages on with no peak yet in sight, some school systems are overwhelmed with sick students and staff.

Audrey Barton’s 12-year-old daughter Isabella has been living in a unit on top of her family’s garage for the past year.

Beverages take up multiple aisles in the supermarket, making them a substantial part of most people’s diets. And the type of beverages you choose for your kids makes a difference in their overall health.

Some parents say never. Others say whenever. An expert settles the crop top debate.