Dr. Willough Jenkins, a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in child psychiatry, is revealing the most common parenting mistake she sees — telling your kids to stop crying.

Experts listen for "sad notes" to see if they're really a thing kids pick up on. Fact checked by Sarah Scott Fact checked by Sarah Scott As adults, we have some level of certainty as to why ...

Because by allowing ourselves to feel sad – or indeed, any other emotion that we deem to be ‘negative’ – and by doing whatever it is that helps us process that (whether that is cry, shout ...