My parents weren’t affectionate, so I had to teach myself how to be; Your perfectionist parenting style may be detrimental to your child; ‘Swallows and Amazons’ Forever: Why a now-obscure children’s novel is great summer reading; Why Disney princesses and ‘princess culture’ are bad for girls;     Our college-dropout son won’t get a job. Should we throw him out? Dr. Andrea helps frustrated parents deal with their unmotivated son, and counsels a once-overweight sibling whose still-overweight sister's acting resentful. By Dr. Andrea Bonior  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   My parents weren’t affectionate, so I had to teach myself how to be Although I wanted intimacy, I wasn’t sure how to go about it since affection wasn’t something I was familiar with. By Erinne Magee  •  Read more »   Your perfectionist parenting style may be detrimental to your child A new study out of the notoriously high-pressure, high-performing Asian city-state of Singapore takes a stab at the question of how helicopter parenting affects young children. By Ariana Eunjung Cha  •  Read more »   ‘Swallows and Amazons’ Forever: Why a now-obscure children’s novel is great summer reading Kids have always loved stories about peers enjoying themselves far from prying, protective grownups, and Arthur Ransome’s classic novel of summer adventure is one of the best in the genre. By Kate Haas  •  Read more »   Why Disney princesses and ‘princess culture’ are bad for girls A new study shows critics of aggressive princess marketing were right to worry. By Rebecca Hains  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   KidsPost   U.S. national parks are full of the deepest, tallest and biggest More than a dozen park facts: Record-setting mountains, lakes, trees and more. By Marylou Tousignant  •  Read more » 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. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071