Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Social media and mobile phones are major disruptors of face-to-face conversations. Recent research has conclusively demonstrated ...

SAN ANTONIO – April is National Child Abuse Prevention. To highlight the campaign, ChildSafe, a San Antonio-area child abuse advocacy group, rolled out its annual initiative called “Cardboard Kids” to ...

My kid, now 10 years old, can name hundreds of Pokémon (if not over a thousand, once you add in all their evolutions), plus most of their move sets. She's read dozens of books in the Warriors book ...

When conversations about alcohol between parents and kids increase, underage drinking rates decrease. April is Alcohol Responsibility Month so it’s a great time to talk about about underage drinking ...

CLARIFIED IN A FEW WEEKS. AS YOUR KIDS HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL, IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND THAT INCLUDES DRUG SAFETY. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S MARY REGLI SAT DOWN WITH THE DEA, AND ...

Recently, I asked my 11-year-old son this question. My husband, our son Jacob and I were in the kitchen one afternoon, and I decided to take advantage of a rare moment — just the three of us together ...

Some kids are naturally chatty. Others feel awkward and self-conscious when talking with people they don’t know well. They freeze up and say nothing or mutter one-word answers. For shy kids, casually ...

A father holds his son’s hands during an important conversation, offering reassurance and support in a difficult moment. (Green Shoot Media photo) It’s a conversation no parent ever wants to have, but ...

There’s a familiar moment in most homes. The door opens, the school bag drops somewhere near the entrance, shoes come off in ...

We’ve all seen the data around phones, social media, and the youth mental health crisis and we know: this generation of children has staggering rates of anxiety and depression. I’m as concerned as ...