11 Ways to Foster Independence in your Kids
As children grow, parents can foster independence by allowing children to make choices, learn from them, make course corrections, and even experience failure.
10 Reasons You Should Take a Summer Road Trip with Your Kids
2,100 miles in an automobile with two kids might sound like a nightmare. But with a hearty sense of adventure (and humor) it could be the best trip ever.
4 Ways to Introduce Your Kids to Classical Music
Research suggests that classical music can have positive effects for children, including memory development, creativity, and self-expression. Plus, it's fun!
How to Help Your Child Build and Maintain a Positive Digital Identity
As a parent in the millennial age, understanding our digital identities is crucial. What can we do to teach our kids to navigate this complex digital world?
Harnessing the Power of Play, Even if I Have to Steal it From my Kids
When adults play they are able to let go of daily stresses and be present in the moment, if only briefly. Playing with our kids can be excellent medicine.
Songs for snuggling and singing and falling asleep
For the past nine plus years, I've sung this song nearly every night. I suppose I had an average affinity for it as a child.
Raising a Financially Savvy Kid
These are some straightforward ways parents can take the ‘money bull’ by the horns and help their children start out on solid monetary ground.
How to Help Prevent the 3 Leading Causes of Accidental Death for Infants and Preschoolers
According to the Centers for Disease Control, these are the leading causes of death for infants and preschoolers. Awareness is key
Plan Your Next Family Vacation: Real-World Places From Your Child's Favorite Books
Give your child an opportunity to live “inside” their favorite books with a trip to one of the real-world locations of their favorite stories.
10 Breweries and Wineries to Visit With Kids in Tow
Breweries around the country are becoming recognized for their family-friendly features and vibe. Weekend plans, anyone?
How to Get Your Husband to Help (Written by a Helping Husband)
Most moms are inundated with far more than their husbands. Knowing how to ask them for help is the key to balancing the workload.
Four Simple Ways to Help During the Baby Formula Shortage
Here are four practical, simple ways we can all help with the baby formula shortage in our community.
Jailbreak From Maximum Security Infant Birthing Center (Sort of)
The wife, the kid, and I just got done doing a nickel at the Memorial Hermann Maximum Security Infant Birthing Center.
To Fight Ageism, Start with Calling your Grandma
Many elderly people in the American community feel neglected. Making a change starts with the way we treat our grandparents.
Special Needs Families Navigate the Baby Formula Shortage
Parents have been coming together to support each other, from offering up their own milk supply to searching local stores and passing along information.
How the Baby Formula Shortage is Impacting One Family
It’s hard enough being a new mom. Not knowing if my baby will have the food he needs to survive is an additional stress no parent should have to feel.
Why Is the Parenting World So Judgy?
The world of well-meaning in-laws, pushy algorithms and even ‘funny’ reels can feel exhausting, frustrating and unsupportive. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
Should Your Baby Go Gluten-Free?
Does gluten deserve this reputation? What is it? How does it impact health? And should parents avoid feeding gluten to their children?
One and Done: Why My Family Is Having Only One Kid
There are many advantages to being a one and done family — both for the only child and for the parents themselves. Here are just some of the benefits.
15 Ways to Play Your Toddler into Bed
If you have a kid who hates the bedtime transition, use one of these playful parenting strategies to get them to bed with giggles all around.
How to Overcome Boredom in Parenthood
A parent can be completely busy doing all the right things for her family...and yet be bored. Here's how to unpack and resolve that paradox.
7 Strategies to Stop Yelling, and Why It Matters
Beyond the negative impact yelling can have on your child, there are other good reasons to stop. Here are 7 strategies to use instead of yelling.
Paying With Your Life: the Cost of Motherhood
When, at 38 years old, I heard four heartbeats at our first ultrasound, I imagined not the patter of little feet across a crowded house, but my own death: the chaos of the delivery room, blood hemo...
Identifying Food Sensitivities and Protecting Your Baby
Starting solids is both exciting and daunting. Understand the risks of food sensitivities and how you can know if your child has a food allergy.