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Parenthood

A Mother's Proclamation About How This Day is Going to Go

by ParentCo.

Today, we will get out of the house. This will be no easy feat, but we will get out of the house.

Baby sitting on shoulder of father and looking at sun set

Parenthood

Putting the Train Together Again

by ParentCo.

Perhaps the hardest thing about being a divorced parent are the moments you feel real, powerful grief when your child is with you and you can't show it.

Learning

When School Is No Longer a Reliable Babysitter

by ParentCo.

Parenthood

Goodnight, Sleep Demon

by Dana E. Baker

After years of sleeping just fine in her own room, she stopped. At first we thought she must have had a bad dream the night before. But it kept going.

Learning

I Coach Five-Year-Olds and We Keep Score

by Angela Repke

The score does matter. It always has and it always will. Learning how to lose is important, and so is learning how to win.

Parenthood

How Parenthood Changed My View of Scary Movies

by ParentCo.

When people say that “everything in your life will change” once you have a child, I thought I knew what that meant. I wasn’t expecting this.

Parenthood

The Parenting Hack That Keeps My Kid in His Room at Bedtime

by ParentCo.

At the risk of sounding dramatic, bedtime has always been the bane of my existence- until I discovered this.

Learning

Kid Made Recipe: Butternut Fettuccine

by ParentCo.

This creamy, delicious (and vegetarian!) pasta dish will warm up any weeknight, and it’s ready to go in 45 minutes or less.

Parenthood

Somehow: an Ode to Parenthood

by Pam Goldberg Smith

You know the days. The ones where you can’t catch a breath, or a second to stop and think. And still something, somehow piles on.

From under the box, a girl sneeking with hand inside

Parenthood

To the Cheesy End

by ParentCo.

This newfound frustration with being able to swallow undesirable foods seemed more than I could fight after such a long toddler day.

Parenthood

This Holiday Season, I’m Breaking Tradition

by ParentCo.

I never want to confine my family to tradition. I want my children to experience it, of course, but I also want to mix it up.

Inspiration

If Determination Could Grow Gills

by ParentCo.

Learning

Recent Study Says These 3 Things Can Raise Kids' IQ

by ParentCo.

Many factors affect kid’s IQ, including their genetics and environment. But a 2017 analysis identified a number of things that can help raise it.

milk spilled over table, cookies in bowl and spoon also spilled

Parenthood

Ten Proverbs That Unintentionally Taught Me to Be a Better Parent

by ParentCo.

I doubt some of the parenting advice I gleaned from these proverbs was exactly what the original authors intended, but it was helpful nonetheless.

cousins on the beach , looking off sea shore

Parenthood

Teaching My Son About Sex in the Age of Harvey Weinstein

by ParentCo.

I ended the conversation by asking for his trust – that I be the person he turns to if he has any questions or concerns about sex, now or in the future.