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

Researchers Bella DePaulo and Robert Milardo explore the importance of collateral kin—aunts, uncles and others in extra-nuclear support systems.

Sibling violence is as old as Cain and Abel. Where is the line between “normal” sibling conflict and abusive behavior, and how and when should parents intervene?

Vision interviews Laurie Kramer, associate dean and professor of applied family studies at the University of Illinois. It’s never too late to build healthy relationships between children or to mend a broken sibling bond, says Dr. Kramer.

It’s an imperative with a millennia-long history. But why is it important to develop self-awareness?

What can you do to develop better self-awareness on the road to personal change?

Parents who favor one child over another can create long-term emotional problems and can devastate family relationships.

We now know that the adolescent mind is as active as a baby’s when it comes to neural pruning in preparation for adult life; it is truly a work in progress.

Howard Gardner believes intelligence is more than book smarts. In 1983 he proposed the concept of multiple intelligences.