Certain life-changing events seem to go in cycles—in my life, the past couple of years have been dominated by marriage, both my own and my friends’. As the saying goes,"first comes love, then ...

An expert weighs in on why baby talk is beneficial for your little ones — and when it's best to ditch it. When a baby is around, grown-ups will often morph into big babies themselves, making silly ...

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Imagine you’re strolling through a park and you overhear a middle-aged couple cooing over each other, doting over their “wittle sugar pwum” and “baby doll.” “Ewwww,” you might reflexively think. Baby ...

With a new baby, it is a rite of passage for parents to worry about their adequacy as role models in the face of raising another human. How to keep them safe, what to feed them, and how to educate ...

This is a wonderful time to start connecting with your baby. You can talk to them, read a story out loud, or even sing a song. Don’t worry about whether you sound perfect. What matters is that they ...

DEAR JOAN: My wife and I are hoping you can settle a little disagreement that we’ve been having over our 2-year-old Goldendoodle, who is named Bear. We adopted Bear when he was just a puppy, and we ...