Mothers on social media are advocating a tough, no-nonsense approach to parenting. Does this teach children important lessons – or just make them feel isolated and ashamed? A couple of weeks ago, a ...

Cycle-breaking, attachment, and cause-and-effect parenting are some of the top parenting styles now on the rise for America’s youngest kids, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 parents of ...

Carla Dillon tried lots of ways to discipline her rambunctious 13-year-old, including making him write the same contrite sentence 100 times. But when he sprayed her with a water gun at a campground ...

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Searches for "parenting styles" rose 400% over the last month, according to Google Trends data. And while modern child-rearing sources tend to focus on the difference between gentle parenting, ...

If seeing gentle parenting everywhere has been giving you the ick, don’t worry. A new trend is on the rise – ‘F–k Around and Find Out.” Known in 2025 as FAFO on social media, the parenting style ...

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present and surface delightful treasures. Sign up here. In 1933, the author Isadore Luce ...

These three parenting styles hold the risk of leaving children with lasting damage to their well-being. Here’s how, according to research. Parenting can be one of the most daunting journeys a person ...