Raising Children

How can we, as parents, guide our children through a world that they know more about than we do?

Vision interviews psychologist William Damon, director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence. Damon gives advice on raising children in today’s society.

Whatever objectives parents have for their children, bookstore shelves bulge with advice to help parents achieve them. But which do we choose?

Many people believe that we can watch anything and everything to no ill effect. But is this true?

Difficult. Headstrong. Stubborn. Defiant. If any of these words describe your child or teen, don’t give up. An innovative set of parenting ABCs can help toward solving the problem.

The concepts underlying “attachment parenting” aren’t clearly understood by most people. Exactly what is attachment, and what does it have to do with parenting?

Are fathers necessary? Based on the statistics, loving, engaged and committed fathers are perhaps more important than ever before.

Though the idea that motherhood zaps the brain cells is fairly well-entrenched, recent studies offer some great news countering this myth.

Over the past few decades, a glut of literature has proclaimed the need to instill self-esteem in children. How is this best accomplished?

One of the most important responsibilities that parents take on when they have children is teaching them to regulate their thoughts, emotions and behavior. But how?

As parents we want to help our children become competent decision-makers. What skills are required, and how do parents instill them?

New research continues to show the importance of helping children develop and internalize a set of moral values that will serve both them and the community well.

One of parenthood’s great challenges is teaching children to display active concern for others. How can parents encourage their kids to be helpful, caring and inclusive?