A Family Without Neat and Tidy Edges is Still a Family
When I’d envisioned my life and future family it lacked any mess or complications. What I, in fact, produced, has been quite the opposite.
Who’s the Spender and Who’s the Saver In Your Relationship? 5 Ways to Make It Work
Ten years worth of personal experience as a spender being married to a saver. It's not easy. But we make it work.
Does Changing Careers Make You Selfish or Selfless?
The bay of boredom starts with a thought, an idea, a little voice inside your head telling you there has to be something more than what you are doing.
Finding the Gap Where Disappointment Exists
You have not lived until your child vomits deep inside the aisles of a retail store, dashing all your best laid plans right along with it.
6 Tips to Help Your Highly Sensitive Child Make Their Way
Even though some of your kid's emotions may seem overwhelming, there are some strategies that can help to quell the storm.
Protect Your Own, and Eat Your Heart Out, My Girl
There's going to come a time when that extra sample at Costco or the farmer's market will not feel so free of the "weight" of societal pressures.
I Didn't Stay for the Kids and We're All Better For It
We decided we could love our kids better, love ourselves better, and be better parents apart than we could together. And I know we made the right decision.
Keep Kids Calm in Emergencies With These Expert Tips
Children’s books and television shows don’t always prepare them to interact with first responders in a true emergency. These tips from experts will.
My Love of the Great Outdoors Ends With Overnight Camping
We set up a tent, roast marshmallows and hot dogs, and then, when it starts to get late, I take our youngest and drive home.
Living by the Rules of My Son's Playground Game
I play with Ryan while I still sort of can. No doctor can predict the progression of my disease. But the rules of his game have become something I live by.
Six Parenting Trends for an Easy Breezy Summer (For Real)
There’s a reason these parenting hacks are hot right now. They save so much work.
Older Dads May Raise Smarter, Geekier Kids
A recent study shows there may be some clear benefits to having an older father that positively impact a kid's education and career.
Could Adopting a Uniform Improve Your Parenting?
Cognitive research suggests that autopilot mom-style might be making me a better parent.
The Swedish Preschool Practice That Makes Kids More Successful
New research into practices at some Swedish preschools suggests that a gender-neutral environment has far reaching benefits for children.
My Husband Won't Be My Birth Coach and We're Both More Than Ok With That
I may have pictured a husband-assisted delivery as my ideal childbirth experience, but to him it was a worst nightmare.
Summer's Quest for Independence: You Might Be Surprised by All Your ASD Kid Can Do
Why not use the freedom of summer to tackle issues such as responsibility for household tasks or personal independence and growth?
Finding My Way Around "Advancing Age" and Into Motherhood
Advancing Age got the last laugh when two weeks later we got the news that I wasn’t pregnant. I needed to take a long hard look at my 40-something body.
5 Ways to Get Your Teenager Out of Their Room This Summer
In a study that will surprise exactly zero parents, teenagers were found to be at exceptionally high risk of leading a far too sedentary lifestyle.
Science Says Toddlers Are Smarter Than Apes, Barely
In early infancy, kids and apes aren't all that dissimilar in their physical and communication milestones. By toddlerhood, it's shifted, but only a little.
I raised you to be a compassionate, independent young man. Instead of celebrating your incredible victory (and mine) I remain steadfastly stuck in the past.
The Summer Nights I Want My Kids to Remember
I’m fond of all our summer days, but it’s expansiveness I crave, the flow state of summer where time melts and boundaries blur.
6 Moderately Creepy But Sort of Sweet Things to Do With Your Baby's Umbilical Cord
If you find yourself in the possession of an umbilical cord stump you can’t seem to part with, consider the following uses, courtesy of the moms in my town.
Why Our Reasons For Crying Shift as We Age
Humans cry for a multitude of reasons, and the reasons change as we develop.
10 Science Books for Every Budding Einstein
If your child is showing an interest in science or if you’d like them to learn more about the premise of the natural world and beyond try these books.