Being a parent can be the greatest thing ever — and one of the hardest. One of the harder tasks of parenting, at least for me, is figuring out the line between exerting parental control and letting ...

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 ...

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As nice as it might be to have a perfectly obedient child (albeit rather unusual), you probably also want your child to grow into an independent, autonomous adult who can make decisions for themselves ...

Caring for our parents that have aged into disability poses unique challenges. Source: Kane I. Lynch, used with permission. My friend’s mother was dying, and her care needs were growing. “Come into ...

The key to parenting autistic children, a group of Missouri health experts said, is to teach them how to learn skills for themselves. Three specialists visited Morning Star Behavioral Associates in ...

Parents are much less likely to intervene when their young children are getting dressed or performing other simple chores if those tasks are framed as learning opportunities, according to a new study ...