What Is Authoritarian Parenting? ‘My Way or the Highway’
In authoritarian parenting, parents closely control their children’s behavior, but discourage open communication, and aren’t warm or emotionally responsive.…
What Is Permissive Parenting? Lots of Love, No Boundaries
Permissive parenting is a parenting style in which parents or caregivers are warm and loving, but don’t set or enforce many rules or boundaries for their child.…
Alloparenting Benefits, How to Do It, and FAQs
Having a community as a family can positively affect child development. When parents have the support of alloparents, it lessens their caregiving burden.…
Codependency in Relationships: Meaning, Signs, Stages, and More
Codependency in relationships feels like you’re lose yourself serving the needs of others. It’s incredibly common, but can be hard to detect when you’re in it.…
5 Signs of a Backhanded Compliment and How to Respond
A backhanded compliment can include a comparison to a negative standard, false positivity, and not-so-kind intentions. It can leave you feeling bad or weird.…
What Is Chosen Family? Definition and Basics
A “chosen family” is a group of people who are close by choice, operating together as a family, but without biological or legal connections.…
How to Find Your Chosen Family: Q&A with Dawn O. Braithwaite
Dr. Dawn O. Braithwaite talks about the concept of chosen family, what makes one, where to find yours, and why it’s important to use your language carefully.…
I Was Stalked for 10 Years: How I Regained a Sense of Safety
From the time I was 13 until I was 22, I was stalked. Usually people know the identity of their harasser. In my case, it remained a mystery until much later.…
What Is Alloparenting? Raising Kids in a Community
Alloparenting is when children receive care and guidance from adults around them beyond their parents. It can have benefits for everyone.…
How to Break the Cycle of Generational Trauma: Expert Q&A
You can short-circuit generational trauma so it doesn’t run your life or pass on to your kids, but it requires a lot of courage, self-reflection, and work.…