Parents of adults know the drill: they want to respect boundaries, but some comments from their grown kids sting in a way that feels flat-out ungrateful. Certain phrases pop up so often in family conflicts that experts now flag them as red flags for entitlement and emotional distance.

For the 2025 tax year, the CTC is seeing changes as part of President Trump’s tax and spending bill, often referred to as the “ big beautiful bill.” The legislation, enacted on July 4, 2025, increases the maximum credit from $2,000 to $2,200 per child and indexes the amount to inflation.

Well-child visits are a time when parents can check up on their child’s health and make sure they’re growing and developing normally. Well-child visits usually start a few days after children are born and continue until they turn 18. A pediatrician ...

One late assignment, one awkward moment, one vague text from a friend—and suddenly it's a crisis. Here's how to help your child climb down from catastrophic overthinking.

Child-only health insurance is health insurance that only covers children. The best child-only policies are usually through Medicaid or CHIP, since they offer free and low-cost plans. There are many options for child-only insurance in both the private and ...

Many parents can relate to the frustration of having a child refuse to eat anything. It may start off small, with them turning up their nose at the “wrong” kind of chicken or the “stinky” broccoli. Then the next thing you know you’re making the ...

Parents in New Mexico will no longer have to pay for child care starting next week, regardless of their income, making the Land of Enchantment the first state in the nation to offer free universal child care. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who ...

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Every parent gets angry at his or her children sometimes. It doesn’t help that there are always the endless pressures of life: appointments we’re late to, things we’ve forgotten until the last moment, health and financial worries -- the list is endless.