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How Summer Travel Helps Promote Outdoor Play

The benefits of outdoor play are endless. But sometimes being stuck in our routine makes it less of a priority. Traveling can bump it back to the top.

15 Ways to Play Your Toddler into Bed

If you have a kid who hates the bedtime transition, use one of these playful parenting strategies to get them to bed with giggles all around.

To the Parent Sitting on the Sidelines Watching: Jump In!

It takes so much energy just to get everyone to the fun. But what if having fun yourself gives you that energy back? What would change if you jumped in?

The One Thing Parents Can Do to Make Mornings Smoother, According to Science

Take a minute for connection before rattling off a list of must-dos. This simple habit can help you both start the day on a positive foot. It's worth a try!

Dining Out with Baby: An Eight-Step Survival Guide

Anyone who has ever had a baby (I'm guessing that's you!) knows that when you take the little tyke to dinner, it's a race against the clock. Here are tips.

5 Tips for Getting Your Kids to Bed in the Heyday of Summer

Summer is one long endless day – and it is exhausting. But that doesn't always mean your kids want to go to bed. Here's how to get some essential sleep.

Easy Ways to Build Water Confidence With Your Child

If your child is water-shy, try these tips for boosting their confidence and maximizing productive lesson time. And yes, there's plenty you can do at home.

4 Things That Matter on Family Vacation, and 4 Things That Totally Don’t

When it comes to vacation, pick the things to care about and let the rest go before we lose it, National Lampoon-style.

Consider Wake Windows for Better, Longer Baby Sleep

Set up your wake windows for success by making sure baby gets plenty of play and stimulation. Adjust as you go, tuning into your baby's cues. You got this!

3 Simple Ways Water Can Calm Your Children

As one of our most important natural resources, water provides so many benefits including improving our health and happiness.

5 Ways to Make Giving a Summer Tradition

This summer your family can start a new tradition of giving in ways that feel meaningful, impactful, and even fun. Here are five ideas to get started.

10 Creative Ways to Beat Summer Boredom

There's plenty of summer left to get creative with your kids. Go learn, create, and have fun! Here are ways to conquer that unpleasant feeling of boredom.

5 Tips to Teach Kids the Subtle Art of Graciousness

In an effort to improve both manners and self-esteem, here are five easy tips to practice when accepting a compliment. You'll help raise a gracious kid.

10 Ways to Better Love and Support Your Introvert Spouse

An introvert is someone whose social energy tank gets refilled by being alone. If you're married to one, supporting them doesn't always come easy

Why Kids Watch the Strangest Things on YouTube

Why do kids choose such strange videos on YouTube, like unboxing videos, movies of people playing Minecraft, or clips of YouTube celebrities shopping?

Why Kids Thrive When We Set High Expectations

The expectations we hold of our children are critical in determining their academic and social outcomes.

5 Present-Day Parenting Styles Inadvertently Favored in the 1970s

Back then, they didn't have fancy names for the different approaches to parenting. Only in the information age do we need to put a label on it.

Science Confirms You Are a Different Person After Giving Birth

You likely knew it already, but once you've carried a person in your body for 9 entire months, you come out the other side a different person.

6 Health Benefits of Nature for Very Young Babies

Six science-backed reasons why a little time in nature goes a long way for babies' development.

Sibling play: Games for Toddlers and Preschoolers to Enjoy Together

Playing together is a powerful way for siblings to bond. But for kids at different growth stages, it isn’t always easy to find activities everyone enjoys.

The Most Important Thing Children Need Is Just Love

As long as you show your kids that you believe in them, as long as you offer them love, warmth, affection, and support, your kids are going to be just fine.

On the Trials of Toddler Travel, A Few Words to the Wise

Traveling with toddlers is a special kind of crazy. But if you prepare properly, it's totally tolerable. Here are some tips for making it as fun as possible.

9 Things You Should Never Say to Same-Sex Parents

Culturally reinforced naiveté is understandable coming from a small child. But there's no great excuse when it comes from adults.