By Heather John
Few topics get as much airtime with new parents as the subject of sleep, or lack thereof, and few topics are as polemic as sleep training....
By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times/for the Booster Shots blog
We all know that many bullies get their start in the sandbox, not the boardroom, and that their youngest victims can nurture the...
By Adolfo Flores, Los Angeles Times
It wasn't that she didn't see the value of reading to her young daughters. The problem, Mayra Rodriguez said, was a lack of confidence.
By Karen Kaplan
Parenthood is good for your health.
By Jessica Guynn
Parents object to the collecting of personal information from kids under 13 when they are online and using mobile devices, according to a...
By Emily Sohn, Special to the Los Angeles Times
"Mad Men" actress January Jones ate her placenta (to be fair, dried and made into a pill). Alicia Silverstone chews up veggies and...
By Jim Newton
This is what the revolution looks like: It's a rally in Lynwood where parents demand the right to exercise their power to shape their...
By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times
Compared with other ethnic groups, Hispanic adults spend very little time engaging in leisure time activity. And their lack of...
By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times
In "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" (Penguin Press, 2011), Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua describes child-rearing techniques that, as...
By David Pierson