5 ways parents of preschoolers can raise a body-positive kid; How to talk to your kids about family addiction; How a pet chicken helped me understand my autistic son; Let’s put an end to the ‘My childhood was better than yours’ wars;     A few of our favorite parenting stories for the week of Jan. 29 Good stuff for parents to read. By Amy Joyce  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   5 ways parents of preschoolers can raise a body-positive kid Studies show that kids as young as 5 say they don’t like their bodies. Here's what you can do to prevent that. By Sierra Filucci  •  Read more »   How to talk to your kids about family addiction I don’t remember the first time my daughter asked how her “Nonnie” and aunt died, but I do remember my answer: “They died because they drank too much alcohol and it made them sick.” By Jaimie Seaton  •  Read more »   How a pet chicken helped me understand my autistic son His scrappy little hen went everywhere, stuffed into his jacket, zippered up to her beak. When he carried Frightful into our house for the first time, I knew I’d been replaced. By Kristin Jarvis Adams  •  Read more »   Let’s put an end to the ‘My childhood was better than yours’ wars I really need my generation to get over itself. I guess it’s a leftover part of our thinking circa 1968: that we knew everything then and would continue the trend. By Linda DeMers Hummel  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   News as it breaks Get immediate email when major national or political news breaks. You can also sign up for email alerts on: World News, Economy/Business, Technology, Health/Science/Environment, Entertainment or Sports at washingtonpost.com/newsletters. Sign Up »         Share On Parenting:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for On Parenting or a related newsletter. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071