parenting advice

4 min read 2022-02-17 19:00:27

I’m Not Babying My Kids — It’s Called Gentle Parenting

From the moment I had my daughters I knew I was going to handle this whole parenting thing differently than I had been raised. Don’t get me wrong;

3 min read 2022-02-09 22:51:10

Q: I am divorced and have a goal of speaking positively about my children’s other parent. My co-parent is more transparent with the children

3 min read 2022-02-02 22:11:42

Q: I have a 13-year-old daughter. She is low-key about it, but for several months, she has wanted us to use male pronouns and a male name for

4 min read 2022-01-27 00:10:43

Q: The pandemic has allowed our family to have a whole lot of dinners and time together, and they are becoming, shall we say, not so special

4 min read 2022-01-20 01:41:19

Q: We talk a lot about weight issues in this society, often about losing weight. What happens when we have a teen who is too thin? He’s not

3 min read 2022-01-05 21:59:06

Q: There’s so much advice out there about children and bedtimes. My kids are getting bigger (upper elementary and middle school age), and I

3 min read 2021-12-23 00:45:07

Q: Any advice for getting children to clean up their toys? Our daughters, 6 and 4, drag all the stuffed animals and art supplies all over the

3 min read 2021-12-15 21:22:40

Q: I’m trying to get my son into dance. He is 2 and has attended parent-and-me dance classes and seems to like it — and his tap shoes — a

3 min read 2021-12-10 01:00:54

IT IS no secret that raising children is no easy task, and it’s only normal for parents to sometimes feel like they’re completely lost when it

7 min read 2021-12-09 03:56:12

Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack “Have faith in the child.” I am not sure where to cite Dr. Maria Montessori saying this

3 min read 2021-12-08 22:05:39

Q: I have an almost-13-year-old daughter whose room is generally a disaster. She has more stuff than she can manage, because she’s

3 min read 2021-12-07 00:33:27

A MOM has warned fellow parents against using some front-facing baby carriers that don’t properly support their baby’s hips. This small detail

3 min read 2021-12-01 04:52:13

Human beings are designed to do life together. Days feel infinitely more full and joyful when we share them with others. But it isn’t just moments

3 min read 2021-12-01 04:05:36

The chances are high you’ve struggled to pull your child away from the screen or caught your kid scrolling on their phone late at night even when

3 min read 2021-12-01 03:04:19

There has been a lot of questioning about the legitimacy of Santa in our house. It started last year. We tracked him on the Eve and searched the