Freedom for kids to move through the world on their own may be the key to the Netherlands’ top spot in childhood happiness.

Linda Townsend is a mom of four. She loved the teenage years with her kids — after the chaos of their younger years, they had ...

So, of course, like, one hopes for happiness for one's kids and one hopes for a certain level of comfort for one's kids that one never did. I mean, your kids now survive into — yes.

Children living in the Netherlands are the happiest kids in the world according to a 2013 UNICEF report, with American kids ranking 26th out of the 29 industrialized countries in the study.

I have long maintained that the happiest kids are also well-behaved and vice versa. That assertion is supported by common sense as well as research into parenting outcomes that shows ...

Twins, one of them with cerebral palsy, competed together at a statewide Massachusetts track event for athletes of all abilities in the Massachusetts Unified Track and Field Championships in May.