Parents should not force their kids to hug relatives at family events. Teaching kids that they must provide physical ...

Picture this. You're at a family gathering, and as you prepare to leave, your aunt leans down expectantly toward your child.

A piece of parenting advice has gone viral on TikTok in part because of how surprisingly simple it is. But as so often happens with deceptively simple tricks, moms are finding that the impact it has ...

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Raise your hand if any of these scenarios sound familiar. After months of being apart, grandma finally gets to see your kid again so, of course, as soon as she walks in the door, you urge your ...

Global Hug Your Kids Day was started by Michelle Nichols in 2008, a decade after her son Mark died of brain cancer at the age of 8 ½. The day reminds mom and dads — especially those who are working ...

While the landscape of inclusive children’s books is improving, it can still be a challenge to parse through the thousands of picture books about mommies and daddies to find ones featuring two-mom ...

If White House etiquette is any indication, you should be getting a random hug soon. The Obama family was always cuddly on the campaign trail, and last month the President bestowed no fewer than nine ...

This piece was published in coordination with Zealous, an organization working to amplify the perspective of historically overlooked voices. It was written with the support of the Civil Rights Corps.