Articles Tagged: Ask Lenore

It's tough to stop worrying as a parent, but if you can learn how, you'll be so much better off. Plus, your kids will be better off, too.

At Let Grow, we believe in kids. We believe they can be taught to be safe when they're out and about, even from a young age. That means you can...

It might seem like kids have a lot of wasted time and do nothing, but it's actually important for kids to have down time.

Are you trying to figure out how to entertain kids? Get Lenore Skenazy's advice. Plus, learn why it's not actually your job to entertain them.

When our kids were toddlers my husband vowed he was going to write a book, "How to Play with Your Kids Without Getting off the Couch." It would be filled...

When engineers build something expensive and important, they try to "future-proof" it. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, future-proofing means "to design software, a computer, etc. so that it can still...

The New York Times certainly knows its readers' sweet spot. Check out this headline: "The Bad News about Helicopter Parenting: It Works." I've spent years fighting against the need to...

So many parents ask, "How can I help my anxious child?" It's not surprising, considering the statistics: According to one study, nearly a third of adolescents suffer from an anxiety...

In recent years, the common parenting fear of kidnapping has taken on a new aspect. Now parents are asking: Do human traffickers kidnap children? Child kidnapping is a tough fear...

Have you read about the mom who's raising kids who aren't disciplined, aren't given medicine, and, at age 5, aren't weaned off breastfeeding yet? She calls this Free-Range Parenting. I...