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Kid Made Recipe: Cookout Double Feature

by ParentCo.

The best summer cookouts are made of more than just what’s on the grill. We’ve got two winning recipes to up your cookout game.

A boy sitting in a whell chair listening music

Parenthood

Chasing Our Own Kind of Independence on the Fourth of July

by ParentCo.

Inside our house, we're parenting a child with special needs who dreads the Fourth of July more than any other day on the calendar.

Pregnancy

10 Potentially Damaging But Equally Hilarious Options for Naming Your Twins

by ParentCo.

Ten ideas for naming twins, all of which will be vetoed by my more-normal-than-I-am wife, who will insist on perfectly normal ones like Derek or Chauncey.

Parenthood

Solve Your Parenting Problems Through Murphy’s Law

by ParentCo.

The experienced parents out there, they know the real secret to success: parenting through Murphy’s Law.

Parenthood

How to Parent for the Long Run Not the Heat of the Moment

by Sanya Pelini

Threats and ultimatums can solve problems in the short term, but parenting with big picture intentionality has a much richer pay off.

Wellbeing

10 Things I Wish I Could Tell Teenage Me (Even Though She'd Roll Her Eyes)

by ParentCo.

What would I now, as a married mother of four children in my late mid 30s, say to myself at 17 if I was given the opportunity?" Plenty.

Learning Parenthood

All the Families in Your Parent Entourage

by ParentCo.

Life happens. You move, you find a partner, you have kids, you throw yourself into your career. Eventually though, you assemble your tribe.

Inspiration

Resilient - A Parent Co. Story

by ParentCo.

Parenthood

A Family Without Neat and Tidy Edges is Still a Family

by Stacy Philpot

When I’d envisioned my life and future family it lacked any mess or complications. What I, in fact, produced, has been quite the opposite.

Wellbeing

Who’s the Spender and Who’s the Saver In Your Relationship? 5 Ways to Make It Work

by ParentCo.

Ten years worth of personal experience as a spender being married to a saver. It's not easy. But we make it work.

Wellbeing

Does Changing Careers Make You Selfish or Selfless?

by ParentCo.

The bay of boredom starts with a thought, an idea, a little voice inside your head telling you there has to be something more than what you are doing.

Boy running to the family car to drive, parents catching him

Product Reviews

The Safest (and Coolest!) New Car Features and 5 Fresh Rides That Have Them

by ParentCo.

Many of the new 2017/2018 models come loaded with life-saving features and technology designed to help Mom and Dad so everyone can enjoy the ride.

Sad mother hugging her child on the sofa in a blanket

Parenthood

Finding the Gap Where Disappointment Exists

by ParentCo.

You have not lived until your child vomits deep inside the aisles of a retail store, dashing all your best laid plans right along with it.

Parenthood

6 Tips to Help Your Highly Sensitive Child Make Their Way

by ParentCo.

Even though some of your kid's emotions may seem overwhelming, there are some strategies that can help to quell the storm.

Wellbeing

Protect Your Own, and Eat Your Heart Out, My Girl

by ParentCo.

There's going to come a time when that extra sample at Costco or the farmer's market will not feel so free of the "weight" of societal pressures.

Parenthood

I Didn't Stay for the Kids and We're All Better For It

by ParentCo.

We decided we could love our kids better, love ourselves better, and be better parents apart than we could together. And I know we made the right decision.

Learning Wellbeing

Keep Kids Calm in Emergencies With These Expert Tips

by ParentCo.

Children’s books and television shows don’t always prepare them to interact with first responders in a true emergency. These tips from experts will.

Family on a vacation to the hills on a car, view from inside car at the rear side

Playtime

My Love of the Great Outdoors Ends With Overnight Camping

by ParentCo.

We set up a tent, roast marshmallows and hot dogs, and then, when it starts to get late, I take our youngest and drive home.

Playtime

Living by the Rules of My Son's Playground Game

by ParentCo.

I play with Ryan while I still sort of can. No doctor can predict the progression of my disease. But the rules of his game have become something I live by.