Parents are often quick to step in to resolve issues for their children. Sometimes it might be in the child's best interest to deal with these situations themselves.

Many in the current cohort look to Emily Oster, an economist who urges mothers and fathers to use the best data to make ...

"After 30 years of abusive behavior from a kid who sucked all of the oxygen from the room, I made my peace with the fact that I could do no more, that being a parent did not obligate me to take abuse ...