Parenting

Want to be a better parent? Use our parenting tips to teach your children to have better manners, habits, and behaviors. Keep your relationships with your partner and friends strong after having kids. Learn about traditional and non-traditional family relationships, including single-parent families, families with gay parents, and military families. Get the scoop on your favorite celebrity parents, and follow along in their pregnancies. We have helpful advice on coping with separation or divorce. We also have all the details on adoption: the process, cost, and expectations. Plus tips on how to save money, the latest beauty and fashion news, and help for working moms.

The Best Ways to Cope with Your Everyday #MomStress

Hate Did Not Trump Love This Election Day

In the aftermath of the 2016 election, we must figure out how to move forward as a nation together--for ourselves and for our kids.

Is Your Smartphone Affecting Your Relationship With Your Kids?

"It's much harder to toggle between mom or dad brain and other aspects of life because the boundaries have all blurred together."

5 Crafts Kids Can Make for a Good Cause

Parents magazine worked with charities across the country to create projects that help kids and animals in need, all while teaching your own children the spirit of giving.

What Is Helicopter Parenting?

Confused about how to be an involved parent without smothering your kids? Here's how to tell if you're a helicopter parent, along with expert advice to curb the hovering.

10 Ways Moms Can Balance Work and Family

It's never easy being a mom trying to juggle a full-time job with a family life. Read on for tips on how you can reach an ideal work-life balance.

Inspirational Parenting Quotes

Sometimes, little words of wisdom can go a long way. Here are some of our favorite quotes about overcoming the challenges of parenting.

Sex After Baby: Surprising Things No One Told You About Sex After Baby

Having sex after Baby can be a very different experience. Here's the lowdown on what to expect in the bedroom and how to adapt.

Should I stay in my marriage for the kids?

Quiz: Do You Overshare on Social Media?

From breastfeeding selfies to diaper details, some moms (and dads, too!) have a no-holds-barred approach to social media. But is your "oversharenting" style a turn-off to your friends, fans, and followers? Take our quiz to find out!

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Parenting Style: Attachment Parenting

Attachment parents are nurturing and available to meet their children's needs day and night.

Quiz: Which TV Mom Are You?

Are you more of a Claire Dunphy or a Peggy Bundy? A Marge Simpson or a Rainbow Johnson? Take our quiz to find out!

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Mom Sets World Record for Running Half Marathon While Pushing Triplets in Stroller

All hail this amazing running mom!

7 Discipline Mistakes All Moms Make

When it comes to dealing with bad behavior, everyone screws up. We'll help you do it right.

Parenting: 21 Signs You've Nailed It

Parenthood is no Norman Rockwell painting, but if you've mastered being a parent, it probably looks something like this.

Jada Pinkett Smith Has Some Spot-On Parenting Advice for You

The actress says it's time to quit throwing shade and start supporting each other.

Are You Expecting Too Much from Your Toddler?

A national survey shows most parents believe their toddlers have the capacity for more control of their emotions than is developmentally possible at their age.

10 Best Apps for Paranoid Parents

Are you a hover mom who needs to know where your child is at all times? We've found the apps (including ones with GPS tracking) that will give any parent more peace of mind.

12 Celebrity Dads Who Had Children After 50

There may be no perfect age to become a parent (did any of us really feel ready?), but the National Center for Family and Marriage Research reports the average age a man becomes a dad is between 27 and 30. For some men, though--including these celebs--becoming a dad can happen at any age. In fact, some famous fathers have doubled the average, becoming dads past the age of 65. We have to hand it to them--keeping up with a toddler is hard enough in your 30s. We can't imagine it after retirement! Here are some older pops who had babies later in life...