I sometimes joke that I was raised on benign neglect though at the time, we just called it childhood. In the late ‘80s and early '90s, I was what many would call a latchkey kid. I remember walking the ...

Permissive parenting can be emotionally neglectful and harmful. But being raised by some types of permissive parents could actually seem like a lot of fun. With few rules strictly enforced and ...

NBC News chief consumer investigative correspondent Vicky Nguyen writes about the lessons she learned from her parents in her new memoir, "Boat Baby." Nguyen arrived in the U.S. as an infant with her ...

Most people don’t grow up thinking their parent was toxic. The word itself feels heavy, almost disloyal to even consider. But for a lot of adults, there comes a point – often years after leaving home ...

CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WINK) - As a parent, it is a great act of trust: handing your child to someone else. A daycare worker, a babysitter, a home-health nurse. You’re trusting that person with everything.

When we think of child abuse, physical violence or emotional cruelty often comes to mind first. However, the most common form of maltreatment is actually much quieter: neglect. Affecting three out of ...

The bill would clarify child neglect rules so parents are not punished for their kids exercising independence — something Moore says is crucial to growing up.

Mental health professionals who work exclusively with adults commonly half-joke that the choice not to work with children and adolescents was based less on a desire to avoid working with kids ...