ADHD often looks like “not trying," but the science tells a different story. Here’s what parents should know about the ADHD brain and how to help.

In their book, Brain-based Parenting: The Neuroscience of Caregiving for Healthy Attachment, Daniel Hughes and Jonathan Baylin describe five domains of effective parenting based in neuro and clinical ...

A friend offhandedly told me recently, "It's so easy to get my daughter to behave after her birthday—there are so many new toys to take away when she's bad!" Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

Parenting makes the heart grow fonder, and the brain grow … smaller? Several studies have revealed that the brain loses volume across the transition to parenthood, Darby Saxbe, a psychology professor ...

Humans and animals share a remarkable capacity to sense when others are in distress and respond with comforting behavior. But the motivation for doing so, and why it sometimes breaks down, has been ...

Parenthood is a difficult phase, regardless of the age of your child. With time the problems do lessen and handling your kids ...

There’s a narrow stretch of time — usually between midnight and 4 a.m. — when otherwise competent, grounded adults wake up and, at times, ‘lose their minds.’ What do I mean by that? Thoughts arise, ...