For her 11th birthday last November, Kenady Slominski received her first cell phone. “She was so honored, she cried,” said her mom, Heather Deziel of Alvarado, Minn., who saw the phone as a way to ...

Here are some age-appropriate chores you can give your toddler, plus other ways to teach your tot how to be responsible.

I have a 13-year-old who is especially forgetful when it comes to remembering to take things to school: lunches, projects, homework, etc. I have been delivering these things to school for her ...

Chores have always been a part of family life, but how families distribute them makes a significant difference. When household responsibilities are rotated among family members, it helps build ...

Source: Carl Pickhardt Ph. D. At any age, responsibility is very simple and very complicated to practice. You have to act in three challenging ways: By owning decisions (the challenge of honesty) By ...

Q: Too many kids today seem to take things for granted, assuming adults will give them everything they need and expect little or nothing in return. Our daughter is only 21⁄2,; but I wonder what we can ...