In a desperate parenting moment after dinner, I told my six-year-old, who was mid-meltdown, “Use your words!” He had just started yelling and hitting his eight-year-old sister because she wasn’t ...

This parenting trick is currently trending as the motherlode of all mom-and-dad hacks. David Pereiras - stock.adobe.com Using safe words in the sack is a way many couples stay on the same page between ...

When we want our kids to express themselves in ways other than tantrumming or throwing peas at the dog, we say “Use your words.” But I often wonder, do we adults really know how to use our words ...