5 Things You Can Start Doing Today to Calm Your Kid’s Anxiety
You can teach your anxious child to better manage his or her feelings. Here are a few strategies.
Tragedy and Joy: Life as a Small Child
The pain she felt over the loss of her balloon was real, as much as I may joke about it.
What Moms of Kids With Invisible Disabilities Want You to Know
Parents of kids with invisible disabilities want the world to know it’s only okay to assume one thing: They and their kids are doing the best they can.
Why I Don't Worry About the Small Stuff Anymore
When your child is born with a heart that’s broken beyond full repair, you learn what you can and cannot control.
What This Harvard Project Determined About Raising Kind Kids
The Graduate School of Education at Harvard University project, Making Caring Common, came up with five strategies to teach kids how to be kind.
A Straightforward Approach to Teaching My Kids About Sex
I made a conscious decision early on to be open and honest with my kids and to incorporate sexuality and sexual education naturally into their lives.
A Tale of Growing Up and A Drive-Thru Memory to Keep
The thought of placing a drive-through order gives me the jitters. “What? Don’t worry, I will place the order,” he says, his tenor that of an adult.
4 Ways to Make Your Kid a Conscientious Citizen
There are things you can do now, long before your kids hit voting age, to encourage an active participation in the democratic process.
Why Confidence in Yourself as Parent is What Really Matters
Turns out that whether or not you think you’re doing a good job as a parent might matter just as much as your parenting skills.
Alexa, What Does It Take to Be Human?
Could a tiny smart computer fill in all my gaps in parenting? The better question is, should it?
The Mantra That Keeps Me From Trying to Fix Everything
Managing everyone’s constantly changing emotions is a full-time job, and I’m pretty sure I want to quit.
When Parenting Ignites Your Imposter Syndrome
I’ve always wanted to be a mom and was decently prepared for it…so I never would have expected to feel like a big old fake.
How to End Screen Time Without A Struggle
Do you ever struggle with getting your kids off the screen? Does it often end in tears (both theirs and yours)? This could help.
Winning the Battle, and the War
I never pictured that love would entail holding her body immobile so we could help her by hurting her. It was an act of faith and determination to endure.
A Mother's Proclamation About How This Day is Going to Go
Today, we will get out of the house. This will be no easy feat, but we will get out of the house.
Putting the Train Together Again
Perhaps the hardest thing about being a divorced parent are the moments you feel real, powerful grief when your child is with you and you can't show it.
After years of sleeping just fine in her own room, she stopped. At first we thought she must have had a bad dream the night before. But it kept going.
How Parenthood Changed My View of Scary Movies
When people say that “everything in your life will change” once you have a child, I thought I knew what that meant. I wasn’t expecting this.
The Parenting Hack That Keeps My Kid in His Room at Bedtime
At the risk of sounding dramatic, bedtime has always been the bane of my existence- until I discovered this.
You know the days. The ones where you can’t catch a breath, or a second to stop and think. And still something, somehow piles on.
This newfound frustration with being able to swallow undesirable foods seemed more than I could fight after such a long toddler day.
This Holiday Season, I’m Breaking Tradition
I never want to confine my family to tradition. I want my children to experience it, of course, but I also want to mix it up.
Ten Proverbs That Unintentionally Taught Me to Be a Better Parent
I doubt some of the parenting advice I gleaned from these proverbs was exactly what the original authors intended, but it was helpful nonetheless.
Teaching My Son About Sex in the Age of Harvey Weinstein
I ended the conversation by asking for his trust – that I be the person he turns to if he has any questions or concerns about sex, now or in the future.