As the holiday season approaches, that means family gatherings, and the question of how much affection kids should be expected to give.

A piece of parenting advice has gone viral on TikTok in part because of how surprisingly simple it is. But as so often happens with deceptively simple tricks, moms are finding that the impact it has ...

NICK: AS WE CLOSE IN ON A YE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AND THE VERY REAL DANGER OF A HUG, A VACCINATION IS SEEN AS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, ESPECIALLY FOR GRANDPARENTS YEARNING TO SNUGGLE THEIR ...

Understanding consent starts at home, and the holiday season is a good time to visit the fundamentals and practice personal boundaries. We tell kids, "Keep your hands to yourself." But we also need to ...

Q: My parents have had both doses of the COVID vaccine. Can my kids visit them and safely hug them? A: If your children's grandparents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for at least two ...

Parents of transgender and nonbinary children are staffing a newly revamped hotline aimed at answering questions from other trans and nonbinary youth and their family members. A project of Stand with ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - HUGS Hawaii works with hundreds of families across the state who have one thing in common: They have a child diagnosed with a life-threatening illness or disease.

Global Hug Your Kids Day was started by Michelle Nichols in 2008, a decade after her son Mark died of brain cancer at the age of 8 ½. The day reminds mom and dads — especially those who are working ...

In the first inning of a Little League Southwest Region championship game in Waco, Texas, last week, pitcher Kaiden Shelton threw a ball high and fast, hitting 12-year-old batter Isaiah Jarvis in the ...