If You Should Do It For Your Kid, You Should Do It For Yourself
To all of the parents out there: you deserve to feel good each day. You deserve some praise - and self-praise - for the things you do every day.
Vote: Do You Restrict Your Kid's Screentime?
In today’s poll, we’re asking parents if they restrict the amount of time their kids spend interacting with screens. Note that we didn't distinguish TV screens from smartphones / tablets. You can ...
In today’s poll, we're asking parents to share their family's movie night habits. You can view everyone’s results after you vote. For extra credit, email your favorite family movies to edward@pare...
So Much of Parenting Is Making An Informed Gut Decision
Redshirting is common practice. But when it comes to this decision, my husband and I will continue to be informed but also go with our gut.
The first day of school has come and gone, but I bet you'll still relate to the wonderful poem "Back to School Blues," sent to us by poet Diana Whitney.
Poll: What is your #1 biggest concern about your kids and social media?
In today’s poll, parents are sharing their biggest concerns about their kids and social media. As always, view everyone's results after you vote.
5 Ways to Connect With Our Kids
Kids don’t come with instruction manuals, but with a little love and a lot of patience, we all have the ability to raise wonderful children.
In June 2001, Konstantin Petrov was completing electrical work at the Twin Towers Windows on the World restaurant. As though he knew it would be gone in a few months time, he documented what others...
In today’s poll, we’re asking parents to share when they learned about the birds and the bees, vs when they think their own kids should learn about this topic. We also ask if sex education should ...
Poll: What Are Your Top 3 Fears About Your Kids' Future?
In today's poll, we're asking parents about their biggest fears about their kids' future. It's a grim poll, but it's illuminating to know the fears we share as parents. View results after you...
20 Ways To Involve Your Family In National Arts in Education Week
Every kid deserves access to a high-quality arts education. Research on arts education shows that arts integration in schools improves school climate, student motivation, creativity, perseverance,...
NYC. My beloved home for 13 years. Then on April 30th 2014, we - my husband, two kids, one dog and I - said good-bye. It wasn’t a particularly sweet parting. NYC pretty much chewed us up and spit u...
A father passes down his love for science fiction and all things 'geek,' while thinking about how the values of the genre help his son grow as a person.
7 Actual Most Important Things Our Parents Taught Us
1. How to Wash Our Hair This seems silly, but the bottom line is that we definitely don’t all do it the same way. You have your strict folk who lather, rinse, and repeat their shampoo every time, ...
What's The Parent’s Role With Homework?
If we want kids to invest in their education, we have to allow them to take on the responsibility of managing their school and homework.
There was instantly a huge response to our recent post "30 Questions to Ask Your Kid Instead of 'How Was Your Day?'" Clearly many parents share the pain of the typical one syllable reply - "Good." ...
If you go to a fair without taking a photo of the ferris wheel, did you really even go to the fair? Our Vermont roots couldn't be more proud of our state's Official Word (according to Slate, althou...
Take the 10-Question "Kids and Social Media" Survey
We'd like to know your thoughts about how your kids use (or aren't allowed to use) social media. We're curious how real parents weigh the pros and cons of this surprisingly complicated issue. The ...
I Wanted To Say Something To You, Middle School
?Dear Middle School, I know you. I’ve been you. I’ve walked your halls. I’ve taught in your classrooms. I’ve graded your dog-chewed homework. I know your smells of too-fruity perfume and not-yet-d...
Our kids went back to school this week. Thank you to the teachers who work so hard, even when no one's looking. Watch American kids try lunches from around the world. (Personally, I don't think ...
Admit It, Baby Carrots Are Gross
Bagged baby carrots are convenient and cute. And orange. But in my house, we've gone back to the original convenient-cute-and-orange snack: cheese doodles. Just kidding. Carrot sticks. That's becau...
3 Things We Learned On the First Day of Kindergarten
This morning, we saw our little guy off to kindergarten. He’s the younger of two and there will be no more. So, yeah, it was a big deal—but not in a way that a) we were crying about our grown-up ba...
Our family dog is 17 years old. Spy was born in 1998. For most of these years, she was just my dog. She came and went with me. I took care of her. We were a two-person pack. I've lived with her lon...
Young adults – defined here as people aged 18 to 29 – are the most skilled liars, while teens are the most prolific. That's according to a new study published in Acta Psychologica that claims to be...