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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.

How Simplicity Can Make You a Better Parent

Simplicity means spending your energy, time, and money on what really matters.So how does that pan out when you have kids?

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.

Reclaiming the Lost Birthdays of My Daughter

My daughter was nine years old when my husband and I adopted her. We had a lot of birthdays to make up for.

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?

5 Reasons Kids Shouldn't Hold You Back From Traveling

It’s unfortunate so many parents and parents-to-be feel that once they have children, their traveling days are over. It could be just the beginning.

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?

Recalibrating After Years Spent Swept Along in the Current

Uncle. I surrender. Here's my white flag representing humility and defeat. I tried with all my might to master my own destiny this past year, and destiny wasn't having it. I now concede failure. I ...

Once Again to the Lake

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.

Life Sucks Under the Red Tent

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.