parenting

Editor's note: The following is an op-ed submitted by four state representatives in Pennsylvania: Rep. Dan Miller, D-Allegheny County; Rep. Ben Sanche...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Jessica Tucker, a 38-year-old mother living in Brookline, started feeling depressed when she was 20 weeks pregnant. Tucker spoke to...

HARRISBURG — For Pennsylvanians, there are a few days left to complete the Maternal Health Strategic Plan Survey, part of the Shapiro administration’s...

DuBOIS — Many newborns in the Maternal and Child Center at Penn Highlands DuBois are breastfed; however, you may be surprised to learn that not all of...

COUDERSPORT — Though it’s still summer vacation, Christmas House volunteers are preparing for one of its important missions — sending children back to...

SMETHPORT — Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of McKean County is seeking community members willing to advocate for abused and neglected childr...

In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade did more than just upend reproductive health law. It also made back-burner issues tak...

Soccer’s international governing body is implementing new measures designed to further support the well-being of players and coaches during pregnancy ...

Pennsylvania House legislators have come out in strong support of maternal doula care with a package of bills affectionately called the “Momnibus.” Un...

Q: Our four-year-old, an only child, is giving us fits. As a toddler, he began ignoring us. That evolved into downright refusing to do what we ask, as...

Nearly half of “dog moms” decided to get a dog before adding a child to the family, according to a survey of 500 female dog owners conducted by Rover....

Q: We sent our daughter a recent article of yours hoping it might cause her to rethink her approach to raising our grandson. It was not well-received ...

I am convinced that “parenting” causes otherwise rational people — people whose thought processes are not typically driven by emotion — to lose their ...

The DuBois office of Catholic Charities Counseling and Adoption Services is holding its 24th annual “Diaper Drive” through July. Area churches are bei...

Smethport’s Hamlin Lake Park will teem with activity Sept. 16 as individuals walk 1.7 miles, enjoy food and music and get their faces painted ––all pa...

DuBOIS ––The DuBois office of Catholic Charities Counseling and Adoption Services is holding its 22nd annual Diaper Drive this month. Clothing, diaper...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Celebrate your child's scribbles. A novel experiment shows that even before learning their ABCs, youngsters start to recognize that ...

LONDON (AP) — The heir to the heir to the heir to the British throne has taken a big step up the educational ladder. Kensington Palace said that Princ...

HELSINKI (AP) — Most kids learn that Santa Claus comes from the North Pole, but children in Scandinavia are taught he lives a bit further south. Where...

LONDON (AP) — Lindsay Mattick's great-grandfather was on his way to fight in World War I when he bought a bear cub he named Winnie, inspiring author A...