Young children who have experienced compassionate love and empathy from their mothers may be more willing to turn thoughts into action by being generous to others, a University of California, Davis, study suggests.

Casey is an energetic four-year-old who loves to play and loves his mum, but for the first 18 months of his life he lived with his aunty.

Ms Lee-Lincoln was 19 when she had Casey and had to work on herself and her own parenting skills before caring for her son full-time.

Between the ages of 3 and 4, a child’s imagination grows leaps and bounds.

Imaginative play is an important part of how a child practices skills, processes social interactions and roles, and explores new concepts — including math, science and even literacy.

Working moms deserve all the praise in the world. Days off for moms who are juggling working and be a present parent are basically non-existent. This mom penned an essay that’s going viral and hits the nail on the head about mom burnout and why a day off isn’t actually a day off.

There’s been a strange turn of opinions about fatherhood—at least in recent public debates. Decades of research have now documented the tremendous challenges children face when they grow up without their fathers. But you would never know it by looking at some of the recent public arguments for “genderless parenting.”