What a FitBit Would Track if Moms Designed It
Forget eats and steps and hours slept. Here’s what I’d be charting to give myself the “go team” butt slap I truly deserve.
There's More Than One Reason to Red Shirt
Certain demands are placed upon our school-aged children. Sometimes giving your kid an extra year to mature is the best approach.
The One Question We Can Ask to Shape Girls Body Image
Girls who set goals that focus on how their bodies function instead of how their bodies look may be more likely to appreciate their bodies.
How a Weird Desert Town Looks Different When the Newlywed Glasses Come Off
Those first trips to Marfa were about the romance, getting away to a place where we had only each other and the ambient strangeness.
How to Make Your Mom Guilt Work For You
It is possible to find a way to use those feelings of guilt and to propel ourselves into something better.
The Best Podcasts to Tune Into With Kids
These are some of the best family-friendly podcasts out there!
Learning to Tame the Helicopter Parent Within Me
If I’m completely honest with myself, I can feel that overprotective helicopter parent hovering inside of me.
How to Avoid Falling Into the Trap of Creating a Perfectionist
Perfectionism is detrimental to raising mentally strong and resilient children. Here’s why.
It's the End of the School Year and I'm out of Sh*ts to Give
"MOMMY!!" The screeching of my six-year-old wakes me from the kind of sleep that I assume, not without a pang of jealousy, is what being dead feels like. The kind of sleep where I haven't moved in ...
7 Books that Prove Honesty is the Best Policy
Parables exist to tell stories that teach life lessons and these seven books preach honesty better than most.
8 Tips for Putting Your Home on the Market When You’ve Got Young Kids
Selling your house, especially when you’ve got a pack of messy, sticky, toy tornado-ing kids can be a hassle.
Set Kids Up For Success: How Autonomy Can Rock Their World
Kids develop self-esteem, grit, and a sense of responsibility from helping themselves and contributing to the family. So how can we encourage autonomy?
Survival Tips for the Garage Sale Novice
When it comes to garage sales, know what you're in for and prepare as best you can.
Is Our Phone Use to Blame for Our Kids' Acting Out?
The more time we spend on our phones, the more likely our kids will respond with bad behavior, according to a new study.
How a Q-Tip Can Send You to the Emergency Room
All boxes of cotton swabs include a warning not to use the swabs for ear cleaning, as they have since the 1970s. So why are we still using them that way?
Places like these – especially the highly anticipated, rarely visited ones – have a knack for making us contemplative.
Is Technology the New Drug for Our Kids' Generation?
Teens are using fewer illicit drugs than they have in the past 40 years. But are they trading those addictions for an addiction to technology?
8 Simple Rules for Play-Dating
There are a few guidelines that make the whole process of play-dates more enjoyable for everyone.
The Poverty Rate Would Be Cut in Half If Women Received Equal Pay
A new study points to a surprisingly simple solution to reducing the number of children and families living in poverty: decreasing the pay gap.
A typical female will spent five years of her life having her period. Why, then, does menstruation remain a universally taboo subject?
Raising an Orchid Child in a Dandelion World
While most kids can thrive in any environment, there are some whose over-sensitivity requires a more calculated set of needs.
How the Breezy Days of Summer Have Changed
Summer in the 80s. If I close my eyes I can smell the Hawaiian Tropic tanning oil. But times have changed.
Why We Ignore Our Kids on Family Walks
Even though we're all present for these family walks, they're not really about the family. They're about us: the couple.
Babies Should Learn to Swim and Not For the Reasons You Think
A recent study from Australia suggests that kids who learn to swim earlier in life reach important milestones sooner than their landlocked peers.