Raising kids is no joke — but good parents tell them anyway. A lot of love and even more laughter: it’s the no-longer secret recipe parents should follow to cook up great, long-lasting relationships ...

Breanna Stewart showcased her parenting humor on her Instagram story after sharing a reel featuring an infamous scene from a classic Jim Carrey movie. Stewart mentioned her wife, Marta Xargay, in her ...

A recent study from Penn State suggests that humor is a valuable parenting tool, fostering better relationships and reducing tension. Researchers found that a significant majority of participants ...

Children can expand your heart and push your buttons like no one else. Being able to laugh at what happens, at your reactions, and sometimes at life itself helps ease the journey. Maintaining a sense ...

A new survey suggests that humor may play a positive role in parenting. Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine developed and administered a 10-item survey to measure people’s experiences of ...

Parenting is basically just controlled chaos. If by “controlled” you mean barely hanging on while holding a juice box in one hand and Googling “is it normal for a toddler to lick walls” with the other ...

Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we’ll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and culture. When Kimberly Harrington walks into Burlington ...

When it comes to parenting, it’s funny how humor can motivate children when more negative tactics do not. Jane Marie Scarboro’s 3-year-old son, Teddy, had been lagging behind on their family hike. And ...

Parenting a teenager, keeping a sense of humor can really help. I don’t mean making fun of the teenager because that can do harm when the young person feels belittled or demeaned. Laughing at oneself ...

I grew up with the first two Toy Story movies, and by the time Toy Story 3 came out in 2010, I was in my junior year of college and feeling all the emotions Andy was as he transitioned to college ...