Parenting News

Growing Together: Some parenting advice is worth heeding
The world has no shortage of parenting advice. If you’ve been a mom for more than 30 seconds, someone has offered well-meaning nuggets of wisdom (or not) intended to help.
Celebrity Moms' Surprisingly Simple Parenting Advice
Between placenta capsulation and premastication, celeb moms and some of their unusual parenting techniques took something of a hit this year. But it's not all TMI from...
Giuliana Rancic Gets Parenting Advice From Cameron Diaz, Elizabeth Banks, While Chris Rock...Claims Paternity?!
We're pretty sure this is not among the things Giuliana Rancic had the foresight to expect when she was expecting. And we're definitely sure that goes double for her hubby,...
Parenting Advice with a Side of Anxiety
"Parenting for Peace: Raising the Next Generation of Peacemakers" by Dr. Marcy Axness (Sentient Publications, 2012, $18.95) offers a fascinating look into new research ranging from brain chemistry to human growth and development.
Good intentions, out of date advice
MUMS should be cautious about receiving some types of parenting advice from family and friends because they risk receiving outdated information.
My mother, my friend
MATERNAL GUIDANCE: Mothers, stepmothers and mothers-in-law are no longer the formidable persons of the past. On Mothers Day today Shanti Gunaratnam takes a look at how mothers are often their children's best friend in these days of modern parenting
SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT: My mother, my friend
MATERNAL GUIDANCE: Mothers, stepmothers and mothers-in-law are no longer the formidable persons of the past. On Mothers Day today Shanti Gunaratnam takes a look at how mothers are often their children's best friend in these days of modern parenting
Advice for new mothers
Expert advice for new moms who are headed back to work.
Parent classes 'not nanny state'
Prime Minister David Cameron defends free parenting classes in England, denying they are the policy of a "nanny state".
The Things They Tweet
"Just wondering why people think my baby should wear socks in 70 degrees. When he walks it just makes him slip. GeeZ". Actress Selma Blair doesn't appreciate strangers giving her parenting advice. The star gave birth to son Arthur Saint last July (11).