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18 Brilliant Ways to Care For Your Pregnant Wife or Partner

My wife is pregnant now what? Pregnancy is, for many women, one of the most emotionally wrought and physically challenging experiences in life. Here are 18 ways to support your partner.

16 Crazy And True Reasons My Toddler Cried Today

Here are 16 reasons my toddler cried today, also known as 16 reasons this momma needs a bottle of her own every night...

April Fools' Day Pranks to Play on Your Kids Because They’ve Got it Coming

With April Fools' Day coming, you might be considering how to pull one over on your kids. I've consulted with a few smart alecks to offer you these suggestions.

How to Make Storytelling a Fun and Engaging Family Affair

Storytelling is portable and requires no gadgets, batteries, or anything else to weigh down your diaper bag and can bring your family closer, too.

6 Surprising Lessons I Learned by Taking the Time to Play

For adults, playing isn't always easy, but if you channel your inner actor and begin to share the joy, you just might learn something.

4 Montessori Strategies to Help Prevent a Toddler Meltdown

We’ve all seen the toddler meltdown. It’s that end-of-the-world sobbing tantrum over something so small you may not have even known what it was.

Solving The Puzzle of Infant Sleep

In my practice of taking care of children and parents, there’s a common struggle in the first two years: sleep. “How can my family get enough?"

11 Lovely Children’s Books on Love

Valentine’s Day is the perfect kid holiday. You’re not old enough to be jaded by the “most romantic day of the year.” You get piles of candy and great books. 

5 Things You Don’t Have to do to Be a Good Parent This Valentine’s Day

This Valentine’s Day skip obsessing about what you “should” do and keep it simple by crossing these chores off the list.

5 Steps to Giving (Good) Advice to New Parents

Here are five easy steps to giving your new-parent loved ones the advice they are looking for without looking like an idiot. (Often times, just listen!)

What Quality Time With My Kids Really Looks Like

What constitutes quality time “with” your kids? How is that different from quality time “around” your kids?

25 Missions for Your Fall Bucket List

Do these awesome things with your family before the crunchy leaves are covered in snow.

The Challenge of Parenting Through Chronic Pain

Parenting is hard enough as it is. But add to that the debilitating experience of frequent migraines or pain, and it's nearly impossible. Here's how to cope.

How Music Education Helps Teach Kids Empathy

Several studies have determined that kids exposed to music, particularly in groups or in correlation with rhythmic movement, have higher levels of empathy.

5 Halloween Crafts You Can Do With Your Kids

Adults and children love Halloween. Here are five fun, easy and most importantly safe decorating ideas you can create together at home for spooky fun.

6 Reasons You Should Consider A Doula

Doulas are non-medical birth guides that help women and their partners achieve the kinds of births and first weeks they desire. Here's why you might want one.

5 Ways to Meaningfully Support a Friend Through a Miscarriage

You can support a friend during one of the most difficult things she’ll ever have to go through. She needs you. Here's how to show up in a way that matters.

5 Great Halloween Movies With Girl Protagonists

Despite making up half the population, women and girls are often under represented in film. Watch girls take the lead in these female focused Halloween movies.

The First 90 Days of Parenting: How to Crush Your One Job

You have one job for the first 90 days of parenthood: Keep baby alive. So let's strategize. Here are essential things that make life easier, from swaddles to seats.

A Minimalist Parent’s Guide to the Holiday Gift Overload 

You don't always see eye to eye with gift-giving family members, especially when you've got a less is more mentality. Here's how to handle a mountain of gifts.

What Makes a Great Hannukah Gift?

I propose that the best Hannukah gifts reference the values of the holiday and contemporary Jewish culture: sacrifice, self-deprecation, humor, and food.

Small Connections Are Big Brain Builders

During the critical first years of life babies need love in the form of consistent care, shared exchanges, and cognitive stimulation.

Why I Take My Kids to the Library and You Should, Too

In the age of one-day Prime shipping and the instant gratification of eBooks, do people even go to the library to get books anymore? Here's why it's a great idea.