parenting

“We don’t take toys to the park because of that reason.”

The 1-year-old, whose full name is Akil McLeod Jr., got his nickname at the perfect moment.

Splashing around in the backyard pool or taking a dip in the ocean water to cool off can be fun for the entire family, but it can quickly become dangerous if proper safety precautions aren’t met.

Quintuplets occur in roughly one in 60 million births, according to Dr. Rachael Morris, an associate professor of maternal fetal medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. 

As the voice of Anna in the “Frozen” movies, actor and singer Kristen Bell has done parents around the world a huge service by keeping their kids entertained. But this summer, the mom of two hopes kids will be the opposite of “frozen.”

Give Dad the gift of laughter with these corny puns and one-liners perfect for celebrating for his big day.

An expert predicts what the new ‘Aiden’ is going to be.

Brothers Andrew Loffa and Michael Colletti were visiting Walt Disney World when their little princesses — both 2 — announced that they needed to use the potty. Loffa, a radio host who goes by DJ Drewski, assumed they would all head to a men’s restroom. That’s what he’s always done when he’s out with his daughter, Solar. Meanwhile, Colletti...

A mom caused a TikTok scandal by saying she doesn’t always return her shopping cart at the grocery store in a viral video.

The journalist and her husband, John, are also parents to 2-year-old daughter Margot.

No, these aren’t scientifically accurate. But you’re probably going to hear about them during pregnancy anyway.

Angela Bassett’s mother had high expectations for her, setting her up for a high-flying career, the actress said in a commencement speech at Spelman College.

“In my head, I was thinking, ‘Can I do this?’”

Make no bones about it, cemeteries can be a place of inspiration for baby names.

“I didn’t know if he was going to be mad at me and cuss me out. And I would have been OK with that.”

More working U.S. parents than ever are celebrating their first Mother’s Day with hard-fought access to paid time off to care for newborns. But the majority still must forego pay to care for new babies or other loved ones, even as efforts to expand paid parental and family leave gain traction.

It’s an “ongoing debate” between Clara and her mom, who’s a NASA research scientist.

The often invisible work of parenting can take just as much of a toll on one’s mental health as a paid job.

A mom says “the unthinkable happened” when she was handed the wrong baby in a hospital maternity ward and cared for the infant for several hours.

In the last 13 years, 37-year-old Emily Westerfield has delivered 10 healthy babies. Three were her own biological children. She acted as a gestational carrier for families of the others. Twice, she carried twins.