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.
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.
We are that loud, shameless, spectacle of a family who seems to bring attention—for better or for worse—to every location we occupy.
Conversations You Hoped You’d Never Have
When your eldest son is diagnosed with a rare genetic life limiting condition there are conversations you never thought you’d never, ever have.
Kids' Grades Can Suffer When Mom Or Dad Is Depressed
Children with a depressed parent do worse in school than peers, a study finds. But other research shows that early diagnosis and treatment can help turn that around for the whole family. A large Sw...
Great TED Video to Rewatch: "Let's Talk Parenting Taboos"
4 taboos that parents never, ever admit — and why they should.
I Thought I’d Be Lonely in The Bathroom: Observations from a School-Day Empty Nester
I ran into a friend and she asked me how I liked being home alone all day. "I’m pretty much the happiest woman in the world right now.”
Your Kids' Robotic Future: What You Need to Know
Our kids' robotic future will be an interesting one, but it won’t be the perfect, utopian vision that classic science fiction stories have promised.
Parent Co. Daily News For Parents 4/01/16
Do People Still Make Phone Prank Calls? Let's just say sleepovers would have been mighty different if caller ID had been the norm when I was in middle school. At least technology can't take away th...
You Don’t Have to Apologize for Thinking My Son is a Girl
"Your daughter is gorgeous," said the woman, "Thank you!" I replied. "He gets a little cranky if we’re not home in time for a good nap!"
Science proves that parents really do play favorites
Mom and dad definitively have favorites, her research, published in the Journal of Family Psychology, showed: 70% of dads and 74% of moms reported preferential treatment toward one child. Source: ...
Motion Changes Emotion: One Parenting Phrase That Actually Helps In the Moment
The One Parenting Phrase That Actually Helps In the Moment There are a lot of mantras for parents out there. We’re all familiar with those child-rearing phrases that are said by parents, or more o...
Parent Co. Daily News For Parents 3/30/16
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4 Ways to Prepare Your Kids for a Neurodiverse World
Ever since my son was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, one of my biggest fears has been how he'll be perceived by his peers.
Helping Your Child With Grief or Loss
One of the most difficult things for parents is watching their child grieve after the death of someone they love. Here's how to help.
Our Children's Unique Power to Make Us Suffer via Psychology Today
New research proves that from birth on, our distress is intimately tied to our children's. Source: Our Children's Unique Power to Make Us Suffer | Psychology Today
Sorry, But You Can’t Blame Your Children’s Genes
Scientists call this the missing heritability. But there are strong grounds for supposing the heritability is not actually missing – it’s non-existent. Source: Sorry, but you can’t blame your child...
A Spotless House Isn't My Biggest Goal or Desire
Is having a clean home what I miss most as a mother, and what I hope to achieve in the few hours I have to myself? No. Not at all.
Parent Co. Daily News For Parents 3/29/16
What we're reading around the web.
Babymoon in Cuba, 4-Year-Old Along for the Adventure
My wife was 6 months pregnant with twins, but we wanted to take a babymoon with our four-year-old. So we flew past Florida and took a two-week trip to Cuba.
Parenting is an opportunity to raise happy, self-confident, well-adjusted human beings who understand they have strengths and gifts to offer the world.
There IS a Dish Fairy, and Other Lies I Have Convinced My Family Are True
Sometimes one can do a job too well.
Dads Get Postpartum Depression Too
New dads can also suffer from depression and anxiety. Like man-flu, but for after the baby comes.