Parental care in birds encompasses a vast repertoire of behaviours that ensure offspring survival from egg laying to fledging and beyond. These strategies range from nest construction and egg ...

Which animal makes a better parent, a bird that never feeds her young or a turtle that lays her eggs and never looks back? How about a mammalian mother who only visits her nursing babies every few ...

Caring for an aging parent is now an expected and often stressful phase of adulthood. How do you honor a parent’s autonomy, ...

Parenting in today’s fast-paced, social media-driven world continually presents new challenges, especially when it comes to children’s mental health and wellness. A recent Surgeon General advisory ...

Communities, schools and health-care workers can help, too, with additional screening and support for all, especially parents who are at most at risk. More research is needed, the advisory says, and ...

Non-parental childcare, defined as care provided by someone who is not the child’s parents or guardians, has become increasingly common in the United States. Mirroring that trend, rates of maternal ...

Katey Davern, a 46-year-old in St. Paul, Minnesota, has learned firsthand just how much paperwork is involved when planning someone’s last years. Davern, along with her three siblings, started ...

The Administration for Children and Families outlines reforms aimed at empowering parents, cutting bureaucracy, and expanding child care access.