Despite popular belief, BDSM isn't all about discipline and punishment. Sometimes, it's about getting or giving a wholesome compliment for sexual gratification. Part of BDSM can actually be hearing ...

Last week, a mother asked whether she should insist that her son take lessons to improve his skills. "Our seven-year-old loves to show us his 'moves,' " she wrote. "Whether they are gymnastics, dance ...

For the past 30 years, there has been a lot of advice about parenting focused on the importance of building children’s self-esteem. Self-esteem reflects the strength of a positive self-concept that ...

Ah, praise. It can lift us up and send us flying to lofty heights. It can validate, it can motivate, and it can inspire. And, as is true of anything with the power to make us feel so good, praise has ...

At the Academy Awards on Feb. 28, audiences are going to be treated to something entirely new. No, I'm not talking about the scroll that will be visible along the bottom of the screen. In an effort to ...

Effect processors are essential for all music makers, but if you’re just using them to mix or fix recording issues, you’re missing out on a vast world of sonic creativity. Let’s push those processors ...

Steven Soderbergh’s pharma-thriller “Side Effects” hits theaters this weekend, starring Rooney Mara as a woman suffering a deleterious breakdown after her husband’s release from prison. Critics are ...