Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Do you avoid saying "no" to your kids at all costs? Do you avoid disciplining them because you long to maintain your BFF status?

Permissive parents show kids plenty of love and warmth, but they don't set or enforce many rules. This style can foster a strong parent-child bond, but kids may have trouble with self-regulation.

There is no one easy-to-follow guide on parenting, and most of us are trying to do the best we can with what we know at the time. Some parents opt to have a similar parenting style to what they grew ...

When Terrie moved to town and joined her local parenting group, she was surprised to find so many people sharing stories of difficulties with their child’s behavior. Many of these comments came with ...

One of the dangers of modern libertarianism is that some people want to apply the ethical rules and insights that make complete sense in the market to micro-orders such as the family and the firm.

Autocratic and permissive management are on opposite ends of the leadership spectrum in terms of how decisions are handled. Autocratic leaders take on all decision-making themselves, while permissive ...