Lora Hoffstetter 

There is a difference between addiction, physical dependence, and tolerance to pain medication. It is imperative that each of us understand

There’s a reason your kid is an angel at school or daycare but a hot mess at home. It's called after-school restraint collapse. Here's how t

Self-care is vital for building resilience toward those stressors in life that you can't eliminate. When you've taken steps to care for your

There's a lot of misinformation circulating about autism. We asked the experts what parents really need to know to decipher fact from ....

There's no easy fix to our addiction to phones, tech experts warn. It still remains up to parents to monitor screen time.

We've all spent countless hours lost in emails or Instagram, but experts are worried that when we're connecting online, we're connecting...

Convincing your children to do things they don't want to do can be challenging. And making them stop doing the things you don't want them to

Many kids (and parents) are feeling mounting anxiety over the approach of a new school year. From hectic mornings to last-minute projects..

Being a mom is perhaps the most all-inclusive and demanding job in the history of “man”kind.

Parenting preteens, or tweens, can be a challenge. Discipline, school, homework, time with family -- everything is renegotiated.

Your sleep deprivation could have some very serious side effects. Both chronic and partial sleep deprivation affects not only your mood....

Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses in the United States, affecting more than 16 million men and women

Who among us, other than those of you living in some off the grid yurt or who hit it big on Win For Life, doesn’t struggle in striking...

Here’s how you all can enjoy those 62 gloriously golden days of summer (even if you don’t have any vacation days or friends with cottages).

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy technique used to treat anxiety, PTSD, and more.

It is not uncommon for parents to monitor their teens' digital worlds. In fact, parents routinely keep tabs on their kids....

For many parents, the sibling rivalry of childhood is manageable. But when puberty arrives, that can change.

Good communication is the key to any good relationship, but family communication is especially important because of the intimacy level.

Surviving Surgery Without Opioid Addiction

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