When Your Daughter is the Mean Girl
None of us want to admit it, but sometimes despite our best efforts, we can be the parent of "the mean girl."
How to Relax and Enjoy Playing With Your Kids
When we play pretend with our kids, most of us are just going through the motions. But there's a way to tap into the way we used to play.
Don't Let Postpartum Anxiety Rob You of the Early Years
Hours spent googling symptoms, paralyzed with worries of failure and danger, postpartum anxiety is more common than postpartum depression. Let's talk.
How Tunes Makes Your Beer Go Down Even Better
A study recently published in Frontiers in Psychology, purports that music makes beer taste better... The research took 200 beer drinkers, split into groups, with some receiving an unlabeled beer ...
Why I Celebrate My Daughter's Defiant Streak
It's not always going to be easy raising a defiant daughter- this girl who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to get it. But it's going to pay off.
Marriage is a Fellowship of Pain
Marriage, where it is a true sharing fellowship, can be a resource of incalculable value.
3 Simple Ways to Slay the Mom Guilt Beast
Beating down the tendency to feel guilty and defeated is no easy task. But these few things always seem to help.
Accepting My Role in My Son's Clutter-Collector Ways
The room had turned into a glorified garbage heap with a bed in the middle. Clearing the clutter had to be done.
6 Reasons I'm Jealous of My Newborn Baby
Babies have it so easy. It's only so long before doubling your body weight isn't considered cute.
How My Brother's Childhood Cancer Made Me a Fearful Parent
In the 10 years my younger brother spent undergoing treatment after treatment, I saw things I cannot unsee. His cancer colors my every day.
The (Passive Aggressive) Love Your Spouse Challenge
Four days of status updates to express gratitude for my spouse? Fine. Should I start with the way his dirty clothes make it NEXT TO the hamper?
My Nanny Became My "Village" – And Saved My Sanity
When things got tough, turning to the woman who shared nearly all of my life was more therapeutic than I could have imagined.
Why I Let My Kids Play With Toy Guns
The decision of whether or not to let kids play with fake guns is one that many parents give a lot of thought to.
4 Reasons to Stop Judging and Take Your Kid to a NASCAR Race
It's loud, exciting, and more fun for the family than you may have thought.
Kid Made Recipe: Pepitas Chocolate Chip Cookies
https://www.facebook.com/HelloParentCo/videos/1760843867516311/ Check out more Kid Made videos on Facebook! Ready for a little fall baking? Grab some shelled pumpkin seeds (pepitas!) at the sto...
9 Important Survival Lessons Your Kids Will Learn From Watching The Goonies
Heyyyyy youuuu guyyyyyyys! Mikey and the crew of Goonies have a few things to teach our kids about surviving a crazy adventure.
When Your Teen Breaks Up, Do You Have to As Well?
Does the demise of a teenage relationship have to take the friendship between parents with it?
3 Ways to Foster Healthy Reading Habits in Young Children
These strategies, if instilled in children from an early age, give them a better chance at becoming interested readers.
An Honest Look at the Evolution of Your Underwear Selection
Every journey into and through womanhood is accompanied by a common evolution of underwear choice.
My Unexpected Love Affair With Zoloft
I knew depression couldn’t happen to me. Until, of course, I realized that it already had.
With Kids, the Suburbs Suit Me Just Fine
I knew many people headed for the burbs after having kids, but I didnt want to be one of them. But once I had a toddler, things became more difficult.
Why Humility is The Key Function of Learning and Limitless Knowledge
Why be humble? After all, Aristotle said: ‘All men by nature desire to know.’ Intellectual humility is a particular instance of humility, since you can be down-to-earth about most things and still ...
DEBATE CLUB: Should Your Grade-Schooler Have a Smartphone?
To cell phone or not to cell phone our elementary schoolers? Two moms give their differing opinions in our new column, "Debate Club."
Setting Responsibilites Aside to Savor a Snuggle
Taking a break from the routine to slow down and appreciate the soft, quiet moments is often the best use of time in these short years.