The author (not pictured) and her husband recently left their daughter with a babysitter for the first time.Pekic/Getty Images/iStockphoto "Have fun, we'll be home by 11. Help yourself to anything in ...

If the thought of bringing home a newborn feels overwhelming, you’re not alone. There is no instruction manual for a baby, ...

FORT POLK, La. — When My’Kia Starks brought her newborn daughter home for the first time, the joy of becoming a mother was paired with the weight of a new and unfamiliar responsibility. “I was running ...

First-time grandparents in modern times are quickly realizing that the playbook they once followed when a baby arrives no ...

A new Iowa law is changing how foster parents are trained, cutting the timeline while keeping key protections in place to ...

My husband and I recently left our daughter with someone who wasn't family for the first time. As a former nanny, I've been on the other end of this scenario. I thought it would be harder to leave her ...