Teaching Kids to Explore Through Play Instead of Literacy
Could it be that learning to read at a later age could have benefits, both for children now and the adults they become?
Truancy or School Refusal: Helping Anxious Kids
While truant children are bored with school, or angry about having to go, school refusal is caused by something different: fear.
Language Development: Forget the "50 by 2" Milestone. Shoot for 3,000 by 3.
Once parents have tallied the first 50 words, they seem less concerned about how their children's vocabulary grows. Here's what comes next.
What Star Wars Taught Me About the Growth Mindset
A growth mindset believes that YOU control your destiny, and what you do, or don’t learn.
10 Things that Raise Men Who Respect Women
If we want to prevent sexual assaults, then we have a responsibility to our boys to have a much more uncomfortable conversation.
What Being Fierce in Your 40s Really Looks Like
I’ve realized that being fierce in your 40s is so much more than Botox and electrolysis.
You’re Going to Want to Remember This: Tips for Preserving Family Lore
Our families – made up of generations of stories – are like a treasure trove of golden moments just waiting to be heard.
Mentally Strong Kids Have Parents Who Refuse to Do These 13 Things
But raising a mentally strong kid requires parents to avoid the common yet unhealthy parenting practices that rob kids of mental strength.
8 Ways to Get Your Kids to Eat More Than Just Cheese Puffs
In my efforts to get my kids to eat right, I’ve failed more times than I’ve succeeded, but I have succeeded on occasion.
Does Your Kid Have Constant Heel Pain? It Could be Severs Disease
Sever’s disease, also known as Calcaneal apophysitis, is the most common cause of heel pain in children.
The Obvious Question When Your Kids are 35 Years Apart
“No, they’re both my sons,” I answered as his eyes widened. It happens every time people begin to understand that I have kids whose ages are 35 years apart.
A Parent Primer on How to Deal With Bullies
It’s time to get a refresher on how to train our kids to stand up to bullying and how to advocate for them.
Determination and the Will to Live
This is a submission in our monthly contest. October’s theme is Determination. In the mirror I could see the impossibly tiny blue foot sticking out of my abdomen, no bigger than an almond. I only g...
Be a Guide, Not a Guard and Raise a Happy, Responsible Kid
As guides, we help children develop internal motivation to do what is right because it’s right, rather than to do what is right to avoid being punished.
Selected Instructions for Helping Non-Babies Fall Asleep (Based on Advice for Babies)
It turns out the techniques parents use to get baby to sleep can be more widely applied to ... just about anyone!
Now That My Kids Are Big: 25 Things I Will Never Have to Do Again
I have to remind myself that it wasn’t all sunny days and cuddle-time. I have to remind myself that every phase of motherhood has its joys and challenges.
My 4-foot, 11 inch Mother is the Biggest Person in Any Room
If my parents had stayed in the Bronx, I might have grown up thinking my family was like all the rest.
Lately, I’ve seriously resolved to take myself less seriously. It’s a paradox, isn’t it? Just like so many aspects of life. As time goes on, I’m finding that many age-old oxymoronic mantras ring tr...
Why Turning Your Clocks Back Gives Your Brain A Boost
Getting that spark of natural light first thing in the morning can bring several welcome benefits to our body and mind this time of year.
I’m grateful for my scars. Each blemish has a story. Without my stories – and my scars – who would I be?
When One "Snore" Closes, Another Door Opens
People fall apart over money, stress, jobs, lies, but not freaking snoring, unless the issue is of course not about snoring at all.
This is a submission in our monthly contest. November's theme is Gratitude. Dear Daughters, When I was 13, my step-father told me that victims of attacks – women – were attacked because they’d aske...
The Old Normal, and the Imperative of Self-Defense Training for Women
In light of the countless high-profile assault charges recently meted I challenge us, individually, collectively, indivisibly, to say no. To scream no.
Kid Made Recipe: Baked Buffalo Cauliflower Bites
This crispy, spicy vegetarian take on buffalo wings makes a great party dish, or the perfect weekend movie watching snack!