On a chilly February morning, a group of parents gather with a common goal: to learn effective strategies for managing parenting challenges, and to strengthen bonds with their children. They are ...

What does it mean to be happy? Not just satisfied or content or joyful — but to be truly, blissfully happy? Sometimes, happiness feels as elusive as a magic lamp, especially when we’re in the midst of ...

Chelsea Handler is child-free by choice, but she did take parenting classes to be a better auntie. “I just wanted to understand the psychology of children to do a better job at whatever my role is,” ...

When you become a mom decades after most of your friends, you have, well, decades to hear all the judgments—the “can you believe she...?" about every mom you’ve ever heard of. And so I went into ...

Polls show that a majority of parents now equate being a good parent with intensive parenting practices. A researcher from Cornell studying these data found that the high standards and expectations ...

Childbirth Preparation is offered at Bon Secours St. Francis Eastside. A half-day class is 6 – 9 p.m. Dec. 9. Register online at bonsecours.com/about-us/classes ...

Upstate hospitals and organizations offer numerous prenatal and postnatal classes for expecting and new parents. Class topics include childbirth preparation, breastfeeding, baby care, and infant ...