An Exhaustive Guide to the Subtle Art of Newborn Burps
In an effort to help make it easier to know what to expect with burping, I’ve created the following guide to ten of the most common newborn burping types.
This Job is Technically Unpaid, But We Think You'll Love It
The longer you hold this position, the hours required will diminish, but the job will always be there for you.
Teach Your Daughter About Pleasure (Without Wanting to Crawl Out of Your Skin)
As mothers, we can signal to the next generation of women that they deserve not just to experience pleasure but to invent it for themselves.
Milestones Don't Care About Common Sense, But We Should
Milestones can become symbolic of, and outlets for, the shortcomings we imagine we have as grownups and as parents.
I Know My Strengths, and "Fun Mom" Isn't One of Them
I can be relied on to keep things running smoothly, or to comfort them and pick them up when they fall. But I'm not what you would call a “fun mom.”
Delayed Gratification is an Ancient Skill to Teach Your Kids
We're so used to the instant access culture of the internet, smart phones and fast food, that waiting has become really difficult.
Letting Kids Relish the Magic of Childhood
There is something so magical about being a child. The world is new, everything is an adventure, there are unlimited things to explore, and your imagination is free to create whatever possibilities...
6 Reasons Self-Driving Cars Are Perfect for Parents
Self-driving cars: pure joy at the thought of reading the paper during rush hour, sheer terror at riding shotgun to a machine.
You Probably Shouldn't Freak Out: An Honest Guide to Developmental Milestones
Milestones are based on ages at which an average child accomplishes tasks. That means half of all kids develop the skills later, so try to keep calm.
Finding Love in A Wave of Frustration
I love them through their sads and angrys. I struggle to show love through mine.
I'll Never Be That Kind of Parent
Once you actually have your own kid, the ideas about parenting you harbored in your mind become a startling reality that messes up all your best-laid plans.
All the Things I've Done When Tired That I'm Not Ashamed to Tell You
You will be too tired, and too neglected and you will feel like your life has run away without you. This is normal and okay.
No, You're Not Raising a Serial Killer
When our kids act out, we take it as an opportunity to mold them into the good people they will become.
Nurture Until They Shine on Their Own
It’s their life, not mine. I guess I can’t hold too tightly to something that’s not mine to begin with.
Keeping Her Father Present in His Absence
Her dad is off somewhere else, living his own life, in pursuit of (we hope) a better financial future for our family.
Connect Instead of Correct and Other Ways to Change Your Parent Perspective
Changing the way you view parenting will create a stronger and more positive relationship between you and your children.
Your Kids’ Friends Probably Influence Them More Than You Do
Threat of rejection – or peer pressure, as it’s normally called – is why our kids’ friends hold such incredible influence over them.
You Don't Always Have to Diffuse Your Kid's Anger
Sometimes the best thing we can do is step down off our platform of being the “boss” and allow our kids to express themselves and have a voice.
The Five Stages of Grief When Your Child Calls the Babysitter Mom
The gratitude for a fabulous caregiver runs deep. Until your kid calls them mom.
Keep Your Dot: How to Make Your Stay-at-Home Partner Feel Supported
It isn't about competing for who has the harder job. It's about acknowledging that everyone needs their turn in the center.
Watching My Parenting Come Full Circle
Eventually, with luck, It’s all there. Everything we’ve worked so hard for to form the unbreakable parent/child bond.
Bullying Is On The Decline: New Study Shows How Parents Can Keep It That Way
Although it now receives more attention than it did previously, bullying, overall, is actually on the decline in the United States.
Financial Tough Love Taught My Daughter Responsibility
Being able to support herself was the key to her future – a future I saw as bright and full of promise. So I cut her off financially.
When I Forced my Eleven-Year-Old Son to Watch “Fiddler on the Roof”
Just before World War I when he was still a child, my grandfather Abe moved to this country from Bessarabia, Romania. According to the Julian calendar used in his province, his birthday landed some...