Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Lilly, meet Joel," said a friend of mine to his daughter. "Nice to meet you, Lilly," I said. Lilly said "Hi," smiling sweetly.

Children learn how to treat others by observing the world around them, above all at home. In many homes, domestic help like maids, cooks, nannies, and drivers are indispensable in keeping the family ...

In a family set up, when respect is discussed, kids are often ignored. Respect is considered to be a one way path that runs ...

Why is respect so important? Respect is the basis of all healthy human relationships. Parents (like teachers) deserve—and need—a special kind of respect because of their position of authority and ...

A 12-year old girl tells me she does not want to start her new middle school next week because she fears being teased for being Latina-American. I believe her… she has been struggling with ...

Over the past 40 years or so, child advocates have given a good amount of lip service to the view that adults, especially educators, should respect children's "individual differences." In theory, this ...

For adolescents, studies have shown that children 14 and older think they should have freedom and privacy and parents should respect that, she said. For younger children, however, parents should ...

“I can only expect my son to respect me as much as I respect him,” said the mother to the “parenting expert.” In a sense, that’s true, albeit this mom’s definition of respect hardly lines up with that ...