Between the ages of 18 months and 3 years, children begin to express a greater need for independence and control over themselves and the world around them. Encouraging children to try tasks on their ...

Autonomy is the ability to make choices yourself rather than having them made for you by other people. Most of us desire autonomy—who wants to be a slave to another's wishes? But we are certainly not ...

Most parents of a certain age, myself included, had to learn to be independent growing up. Many households needed two incomes to sustain themselves, leaving children alone to fend for themselves when ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The parent of Sandy Elementary School students teaches her children to wait for TRAX trains to pass before crossing in Sandy on ...

Research shows that the quality of mother-child relationships greatly influences children's development socially, emotionally and academically. Although previous studies have demonstrated the ...

Readers offer examples in response to a guest essay. To the Editor: Re “Giving Kids Autonomy Has Surprising Results,” by Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop (Opinion guest essay, Jan. 4): Those ...

Parental rights have emerged as a central battleground in the culture wars, debated in school board meetings, courtrooms and legislative chambers across the country. As conflicts intensify over what ...