Parents sometimes wake up with a tight, sinking feeling: “Am I becoming the child in my own home? Is my child already acting like my carer?” That worry or the fear of role reversal, when parent–child ...

When parents become afraid of their child, they lose their ability to parent effectively. This is both painful to the parent and detrimental to the child. When parents give in to their fears, they ...

Enmeshment is a very complicated dynamic. Let's face it. Being a parent is a complicated job, and nobody does it perfectly. Yet some mistakes are harder to see than others. What's one of them? When ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Parenting can be one of the most daunting journeys a person undertakes. Despite ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can ...

Parenting requires physical, mental, and emotional labor. It demands multitasking, patience, sleepless nights, and money. But unlike other types of work, parents can’t simply quit; there’s no HR ...

Parents and practitioners caring for parents are always looking for ways to foster deeper connections between parents and their children and teens, and to help parents and kids navigate societal ...

Cycle-breaking, attachment, and cause-and-effect parenting are some of the top parenting styles now on the rise for America’s youngest kids, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 parents of ...