One of the things I've found helpful to my parenting (and to my life generally, in fact) is a daily time of quiet meditation.

I often see kids in public places behaving in ways that are childish or impolite or even outright inappropriate and I have made a conscious effort to intervene in those kinds of situations as calmly and politely as I can.

Parenting in a digital age comes with two big challenges: excessive use and behavioural concerns. 

I don't know if you fight about dressing for winter in your house, but it's a source of constant conflict in mine.

When my son yells at me about my meanness, I tell him that I'd like to be able to trust him, but that there have been too many times when he has abused my trust, so now I have to

In my work with Children's Aid I often run into kids who are “parentified”, who do the job of parenting their younger siblings because their own parents haven't been able or willing to do it.

Parents need to treat kid maturing human beings rather than perpetual children. 

I've written about this before, so forgive the repetition, but we need to stop telling children that they can be anything they want to be.

 I didn’t expect was to hear the dreaded phase “I hate you” coming from my five-year olds’ month.

We often take it for granted as parents that our kids know why we correct and discipline them.

Coping with the logical consequences of having children.