The Early Poops Don't Smell: Reflections From My First Year of Fatherhood
When my kid was first born, I felt a lot of things, but instant, unconditional love wasn’t one of them.
For Parents Who Want to Protest But Cannot March
The Women’s March on Washington is this Saturday and there are more than 600 sister marches happening around the world, an energizing and inspiring effect of an election result that, for many of us...
How to Text Your Ex: 10 Commandments for Separated Parents
Feuding couples can fall into the trap of using electronic devices to continue communications with one another, often with hostility. You can do better.
The Biggest Lie We Tell Children and What to Do About It
Is there a better way to offer comfort to a distressed child than telling them "it's ok?"
6 Reasons We Should Retire The “Good Mom” Mantra
The phrase reminds me of all the times I wasn’t such a “good” mother, all the mistakes I’ve made. And I'm not into it.
Debate Club: How Many Baby Showers Is Too Many?
Two Parent Co. writers face off about baby showers.
6 Reasons Why Pumping Is The Actual Worst
Pumping is the stupidest thing ever. I hate it. Hate it so much. If it wasn't for the fact that there's apparently a million benefits for the baby and it's given me the metabolism of a teenager, I'...
This is a submission in our monthly contest. January’s theme is "Wild." When I dreamed of children, I conjured a wild child. Loud and bright. The kind you could not slow down. That leaps before she...
The Science of Your Kids' Trust (and 5 Ways to Keep It)
Parents not only have the task of maintaining trust with their children, but they also shape how their children view trust in general.
Going Back to School When My Kids Were Young Was a Lesson in No Regrets
During the first two semesters, my “mom guilt” set in, but it didn't last. Going back to school while having kids at home was the best decision ever.
A Thank You Letter To My Friends Without Kids
There is not enough acknowledgement of the role kid-less friends play in forming the village it takes to raise a child.
4 Cliché but True Bits of Advice for New Parents
No single resource holds all the pertinent wisdom necessary to successfully raise a child or children. Mostly, because every kid is completely different.
You’re Being Lied to About Potty Training
The potty industrial complex has tricked us into thinking that potty trained is the dream. Potty trained will make life better. Except, it doesn't.
To the New Mother: There Will Be Days
There may be days when you think, I can’t do this. Days when you don’t feel good enough, when you look around and feel inferior to every other parent on the planet. Times, maybe, when you feel like...
The Journey to the Land of Done
There is a place called “Done” where no mom wants to go. You hate it. Mom hates it. She tried to keep you from going there, but you just kept on driving.
Why I Let My Daughter Tell Me What to Do
Part of our job as parents is to show our kids what it should look, sound, and feel like when someone you love treats your body, needs, and desires with respect.
All the Other Parents Have Got it Together, Right?
There are days, sometimes weeks, when I find it real easy to convince myself that everyone knows what they’re doing – everyone but me.
FOX's "The Mick" Teaches Us That Mothering Is So Easy, Even a Hungover Child-Hater Can Do It
Apparently, parenting is actually no biggie. Driving this idea home is Fox’s new series "The Mick."
Advice My Dad Would Give Me If He Were Here Today
What advice would he give to us now as we forge ahead into this fragile world, uncertain of what’s to come? With the utmost confidence: Love each other.
15 Benefits the Stay-at-Home Parent Has Over the Working Spouse
This list is in appreciation for the working spouse. It is not about whose role is harder as both roles have their own unique challenges and benefits.
When the Boy on the Couch Is No Longer Your Own
When does it happen? That slide from an infant, completely dependant, to a person, complete and unleashed on the world? It's slow and unnoticeable until it's not.
How to Talk to Your Kids About Sex at Any Age
Let’s lay out some things research advises us to avoid when communicating with our children about their sexuality.
5 Things I Could Not Have Known About My First Born
What I learned about my daughter, my firstborn, was mostly in retrospect after my second arrived.
I’m determined to raise my daughters to be strong, confident, and happy. I want them to grow up to be warriors.