Let Simplicity Rule When Helping Your Kids Learn
You can pin whatever elaborate projects you want onto your Pinterest boards, but there's no need to be an overachiever when it comes to teaching your kids.
Why You Should Cheer on Your Daredevil
Well, that or cover your eyes. Your call.
How a Positive Relationship With Grandparents Can Shift Views of Aging
The benefits extend beyond your child when they have a positive relationship with their grandparents. It's a love that touches the whole family for the good.
How to Make Art With Little Kids - Even if You Aren't Arty
At a young age I decided art wasn't for me. My coloring didn't stay inside the lines. Then I became a parent. I wanted to foster my kids' skills and creativity.
8 School Day Hacks That Will Transform Your Mornings
Mornings aren't easy for anyone, really. So get your game face on and tackle them like you mean it with these shortcuts that will make life just a little smoother.
How to Balance Household Work When One Parent Stays Home
A division of labor where one person does all the work outside of the home and one person does all the work inside of it would be fairly unbalanced.
8 Ways to Prep for Fall for Kids With Special Needs
Now that fall draws near, the bucket lists on Pinterest pages are filling up. But parenting a kid with special needs adds another layer of consideration.
Here, Take My Kid: A Guide to Raising Resilient Children
A recent study found that links outside the home can improve kid’s resilience, in particular by providing some protection from adverse events in childhood.
Forget the Summer Bucket List, Play Summer Bingo Instead!
By mid-July, people begin freaking out about their summer bucket lists. But since this season is supposed all about fun, we created this summer bingo game.
5 Questions to Consider When Signing up Your Child for an Afterschool Program
Over the course of a typical school year, there are around 525 hours between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. How can you make sure your kids needs are met?
Daycare's 15-Minute Goodbye Rule Did Me an Enormous Favor
Prolonging the goodbye is often more about the parent than the kid. And who knows that better than anyone? Daycare providers.
5 Things I Won’t Skimp on With the Second Baby
First-time-mom-me was way too hard on herself in so many ways. This time, I vow to do just that, and promise myself that I will not skimp on the following.
How Did I Become That Anxious Dad?
It’s normal to worry about your children’s safety, but you also need trust in their growing self-preservation instincts. Here are some tips for anxious dads.
How Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Helped Me Potty Train My Kids
The goal of potty training seems insurmountable, until you introduce a little bribery. In one family, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Little People" did the trick.
The 10 Worst Things About Being Pregnant in the Summer
It's never easy being super pregnant. Add sky high temps and enough humidity make you wonder if you're living inside a horse's mouth and it gets worse.
Worried Those Early Extracurriculars Are a Waste of Money? Maybe Not.
New research shows extracurriculars are promising for kids and their development in numerous ways, even during early childhood. Here's what makes a difference.
How to Use Your Philosophy on Life to Pick Swim Lessons
Maybe there's something to using your philosophical approach to life as a means to teach swimming. These five types of lessons might follow your groove.
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.
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.
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.
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.