If your child melts down, talks back, or ignores you, it could be because he’s still a little kid and just acting his age. Consider this a reality check.

4 Things Parents Can Expect From Their Kids When They Go Back to School in a Pandemic Parents are already well aware that the 2020-2021 school year will look a lot different in terms of health and safety precautions. But here are the mental and emotional challenges experts say kids might be dealing with, plus ways to help them cope. The only certainty about the upcoming 20-21 school year is that it's riddled with unknowns.

10 Money Lessons to Teach Your Kids Before They Turn 10 Want your child to be money-savvy like Warren Buffet? These tips will help your kid learn how to save and manage money. Has your child ever asked: "Just go to the bank and they'll give you money," after you told him you couldn't buy a toy he wanted? It’s time to explain where money comes from. After all, "it's up to parents to teach their kids smart financial habits," says Jayne Pearl, coauthor of Kids, Wealth, and Consequences.

Patience, Please: How to Deal With an Impatient Preschooler Try these tips to teach your kid how to wait without whining. It's almost hard to believe: the tears, the stomping, the meltdowns. All over having to wait for a turn on the slide? Yep. Any delay -- even if it's five minutes -- can be agonizing for kids this age. "Preschoolers are still developing self-control, which means that tantrums erupt when they don't get instant gratification," says Jan Drucker, Ph.D.

Time-In Is the New Time-Out The decades-old discipline method is due for a modern, more effective makeover, according to parenting experts. Experts trace the discipline tactic of giving kids a "time-out" to 1969 when American psychologists proposed it as a non-violent alternative to being spanked. They suggested that kids receive adult attention based on "desirable" behavior. If they engaged in "inappropriate" behavior, that attention should be withheld.

Why It's Okay If Your Kid Eats Pasta All the Time Use the "power of pasta" to introduce more variety in meals and see your child learning to enjoy a more balanced diet without mealtime drama. Imagine this scenario. You found time in your busy day to schedule and prepare a family dinner. You included protein and vegetables to make it balanced, only to see your child piling pasta on his plate... then more pasta... and eating nothing else but pasta! Sound familiar? You are not alone.

8 Ways to Be a Better Spouse, According to a Relationship Expert Raising kids and keeping your relationship strong doesn't come with an instruction booklet. But these tips from clinical psychologist Alexandra Solomon, Ph.D., come pretty close. Next year my husband and I will celebrate our 20-year wedding anniversary. But even sometimes I wonder: how do couples get so far? To learn more about what makes a healthy marriage, I spoke to relationship expert Alexandra Solomon, Ph.D.

Exercise Has Long-Term Benefits for Kids' Moods, Research Finds. Researchers have found exercise has long-term benefits for kids' mood and may help prevent depression down the road. It's no secret that exercise releases feel-good endorphines and can act as a mood-enhancer. I work out for that very reason: starting my day with yoga or cardio kickstarts my positive attitude, which I need to be a successful working mom of three busy kiddos.

Is It Ever Appropriate For My Kid to Talk Back to an Adult? Should children stand up for themselves or talk back when an adult is disrespectful or dismissive? Here's what the experts say. This summer, my children took up a new hobby. They spent numerous afternoons at the library assembling 1,000 piece puzzles, happily welcoming others to join them. However, several weeks ago, a young boy wandered over and began taking apart a section my eight-year-old son recently completed.

How to Help Your Kids Adjust When They Go Back to Daycare and School After COVID-19. With stay-at-home orders lifting and daycares and schools around the U.S. beginning to reopen, experts share tips for easing the transition back to a pre-pandemic schedule. During the coronavirus pandemic, from the moment he wakes up at 6:30 a.m. until I put him back in his crib for a nap and then bedtime around 7:30 p.m., my toddler is either with me or my husband.