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"Just A Mom?"

Recently a friend confided that she was struggling with being “just a mom.” With four kids, one with special needs, this women is anything but “just a mom.”

So You Want to Join Our Moms Group?

We've been looking for some new blood since Shannon ditched carbs and in turn, us, for CrossFit.

18 Things People Say at the Office That are Also Euphemisms for Babies Pooping

Since I started hanging with fellow baby daddies and mommies, I've heard endless euphemisms for pooping. Here are a few that double as workplace sayings.

5 Strategies to Reduce Your Kid's Anxiety You Can Implement Today

As a Child and Family Therapist, the concern I hear most is “I think my child may have anxiety, and I’m not sure how to help." Here are research-based tips.

I'm Not Hovering, I'm Playing

While my son is little and wants to be as close to me as I want to be to him, I’ll savor every moment of our play - even if others see it as hovering.

Outtakes From Our #Webby Video

Outtakes from our #WebbyAward#video. Full vid Monday. ???? VOTE for https://t.co/0v4cYjW3dg: https://t.co/vuujON8Uhtpic.twitter.com/NLYEb9xX4E — Parent Co. (@HelloParentCo) April 8, 2016 Click he...

Baby Trashes Bar

Go home, baby. You're drunk.

Family Playlist: Dream Big!

Dream big! Reach for the stars! Never give up! (And hey, vote for us? Our dream is to win a Webby!)

How Do Kids Become Right or Left Handed?

We now know that a child’s handedness says something about the organization and function of their brain.

The Top 4 Clues Your Kid Will Be a Great 21st Century Leader

Does your kid have what it takes to move mountains and make millions? Here are 4 clues to help you help them reach their greatest potential. Source: The Top 4 Clues Your Kid Will Be a Great 21st C...

New Food Labels Would Tell You How Long It Takes to Burn Off Calories

New Food Labels Would Tell You How Long It Takes to Burn Off Calories Seriously, what's a calorie anyway? Put it to me in plain English, food making companies. Actually, if they were really going ...

Even Tiny Babies Are Sellouts

Of course they're sell outs! I grew two of them for almost 10 months each in my actual body, pushed them out while wanting to be clubbed over the head, let them treat me like livestock and after al...

Why I Will Keep Fighting Fear as a Parent, Every Day

Allowing fear to take hold of our parenting can prevent us from being the parents we want to be by slowly sabotaging our best-laid goals and intentions.

Curing Food Allergies with Food

Active avoidance of food allergens in baby's diets did not protect them from developing food allergies, and may even have contributed to the large increase we've seen

Less Distraction Means More Happiness

Practicing these four skills can provide the substrate for enduring change, which can help to promote higher levels of well-being in our lives.

A Few of Our Picks for the 20th Annual Webby Awards

We're not the only ones hoping to win a Webby! Here are our picks out of the hundreds of other nominees seeking to claim the internet's top honor.

No One Told Me That Parenting Would Require Such Thick Skin

Kids - keepin’ motherhood real since the beginning of time.

Books that Please Parents as Much as Preschoolers

Lucky for us parents, there are a lot of absolutely excellent children’s books – ones that can please both kids and the parents who read them.

Heather Shumaker: Kids Need to Take Risks

We talked to author Heather Shumaker ("It's OK Not to Share" and "It's OK to Go Up the Slide) about the difference between danger and risk for teens online.

It Only Takes Small Increases in Sleep to Improve Grades

Small cumulative sleep extension can improve kids' academic performance.

Adult colouring book craze prompts global pencil shortage

A surge in the number of people buying adult colouring books has threatened pencil stocks world-wide as manufacturers struggle to cope with an increased demand for quality crayons. The world’s bi...

Why mothers of tweens – not babies – are the most depressed

We studied more than 2,200 mostly well-educated mothers with children ranging from infants to adults, and examined multiple aspects of mothers’ personal wellbeing, parenting and perceptions of thei...

10 Big Lebowski Quotes That Will Help You Parent, Man

Dude. Sometimes in parenting, it's easier to abide than it is to struggle.

We Are That Family

We are that loud, shameless, spectacle of a family who seems to bring attention—for better or for worse—to every location we occupy.