Parents worry about the well being of their children, no matter how old they are. And children worry about their parents, especially as parents get older and health conditions arise. Find out how worrying might benefit your relationship.

According to recent research from Yale University, infants can distinguish between helpful and hurtful behavior. Not even experiencing it themselves but by just watching it.

Sex on TV can accelerate the sexual behavior of teenagers but parents can help. Here’s how!

File this one under extremely obscure cocktail party chatter. Lower body fat, a not so pleasant euphemism for curvy hips, correlates highly with the amount of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid. These fatty acids are being increasingly shown to be essential for brain development. And they may play a large role in how children’s brain develop in the early years.

Spending as little as ten minutes talking to others may help improve your memory and intellect. Sound like an infomercial created by teenagers? No, no- it’s real research! Turns out social interaction can provide the same mental-boosting benefits as reading or doing a daily crossword puzzle.

The conventional wisdom among psychologists and sociologists studying marriage has long been that marital satisfaction, on average, declines with marriage length. This is not to say that there haven’t been some scientific challenges to this idea. When it comes to children, however, the effects on marriage have not proven to be entirely upbeat in the eyes science.

These are four tools that parents can use to help enhance their child’s education. Successful students have parents who are actively involved in their education and this begins in the home. These strategies don’t cost any money; they simply require that parents take an active role in their child’s education.

My friend calls us superwomen – I think the title applies. As women, we certainly are busier than ever these days – raising families, making a warm and inviting home, creating successful relationships, and having fulfilling careers. But is all of this making us happier?

A recent poll of 13-24 year olds conducted by MTV in association with the AP once again supported the age old saw that the more things change the more they stay the same. When asked who it is that they most admire, the age group that lives on a diet of Paris Hilton, fake news and text messages picked their parents as the clear favorite.

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In case you haven’t heard, researchers at the University of Washington have published a new article in Journal of Pediatrics regarding the effects of television viewing and language development in children under 2 years old. For every hour per day spent watching baby DVDs (such as “Baby Einstein” and “Brainy Baby”), infants eight to sixteen months knew six to eight fewer words than children who didn’t watch. I’m a big fan of science leading the way for parents (and relationships), but sometimes a word of caution is in order. What this study does not show is whether these effects are lasting. The researchers did not find these effects in infants 17- 24 months of age no matter what they watched.

No doubt a baby fundamentally changes the relationship. And at 4AM when the baby is screaming again- and your partner isn’t waking up and it’s not your turn- it’s completely understandable to start reviewing those wedding vows to see where you got scammed. But what’s going on in that scenario besides the fact that you aren’t getting sleep? Your global expectations about “life with baby” are being questioned or even violated now that reality is literally screaming right at you.

At what point after a divorce do people start dating again? How many relationships are typical? When do kids generally find out about new dating partners? There are several great lay literature sources for divorced parenting, and here are some results from articles that I’ve found…

A report released last week by the Pew Research Center has gotten a lot of press questioning Americans’ changing values about marriage and parenting. But what do the results really say?