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Here's the Secret to Raising a Safe, Smart Digital Native
The most effective way to help your kid have a healthy relationship to media is by being their media mentor.
No Basements or Spare Rooms: The Joys of City Living With Kids
You parents who can confidently occupy a dwelling that has more than three closets and any number of sets of stairs have my respect and awe.
Saying Goodbye to My Dad’s House
Even when it's the most practical option, taking over a parent's space once they're gone isn't always an easy decision.
Dear Daughter: I Love You, but I May Not Always Like You
I'll love you forever, daughter, but I can't promise to always like you.... Now, before you go put your "kids are a blessing" pants on, stick with me.
All Grown Up, and How Motherhood Got Me There
Motherhood has changed me in countless ways. Today, I want to focus on the good ways.
Embrace the Stink: Lessons From a Decade of Motherhood
Ten years and four babies and two houses and one marriage and so many small gains and a new job and always, like a constant backdrop – everything changing.
A word of warning to anyone tempted to raise kids: Beware the little healers; their powers are subtle but strong.
The Parenting Superpower You Didn’t Know You Had
Relationships matter. That being case, the relationship between a parent and child matters more.
The 10 Crappiest Parents in Literature
Put down that copy of “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” and take a look at these reads for tips on what NOT to do when it comes to parenting.
How to Respond to Children in a Way That Helps Them Feel Heard
We all like to live in a democracy, yet at times, we expose our children to a tyranny of sorts. The other day, my nine-year-old son threw a tantrum, demanding to know why I didn’t allow him to go s...
Boredom: the Best Gift I Ever Gave My Children
The benefits of boredom for kids (and adults, for that matter) are numerous: creativity, emotional attunement, and overall mental health.
How to Make a Mom Friend in Nine Easy Steps
Being a mom can be lonely. Which is weird, because you’re often literally covered in children.
Five Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Weaning
Weaning isn’t merely the cessation of breastfeeding, it’s a major shift in a complicated parent-child relationship.
Things Will Feel Wrong, but You're Doing it Right
When the house is a mess and you haven't had time to collect all the toys and their missing pieces, but you decide to just say screw it and watch LMN because the kid is finally asleep, you're doing...
The Unflinching Mother vs. the Unblinking Sentinel
I did crafts, made cupcakes, helped with homework, ran baths and read bedtime stories all those times they couldn’t.
Nostalgic (And Disgusting) Musings on a Loose Tooth
This whole losing teeth thing smacks of poor design. And why, oh why, can't I part with them?
What Is the Value of an Education to a Stay at Home Mom?
Women are pursuing degrees in record numbers. But taking time off to raise a family once you're that deep in debt makes many have to choose between the two.
The Madness of Parenting Toddlers and Teens at the Same Time
Raising siblings with large age gaps between them, while full of joys, also has its own unique set of challenges.
Storytelling: The Punk Rock of Parenting
Free, authentic, real parenting can be found in the punk rock of our time: storytelling. So get wild and tell your child a story.
The juniper plant is impossibly resilient, just like my impossible baby.
My Son Put a Sheep’s Eye in His Lunchbox
There are moments in motherhood we simply never forget: the first time our child smiles, the first time he takes a step, her very first day of school, the first time he brings home a sheep’s eye in...
Daddy’s the Best and You’re Not
Parenting can both inflate the ego and then, often seconds later, squash it like a blueberry underfoot.
Five things dysfunctional parents teach their kids (by omission)
Being raised by neglectful parents has its upsides, I guess. I had to learn these things on my own and it made me who I am.
The Day My Kid-holding Arm Failed: A Lesson in Cradling
My left side, for about six years, has been busy holding – hearing, soothing, processing – a child.