Teaching Kids to Explore Through Play Instead of Literacy
Could it be that learning to read at a later age could have benefits, both for children now and the adults they become?
Truancy or School Refusal: Helping Anxious Kids
While truant children are bored with school, or angry about having to go, school refusal is caused by something different: fear.
Language Development: Forget the "50 by 2" Milestone. Shoot for 3,000 by 3.
Once parents have tallied the first 50 words, they seem less concerned about how their children's vocabulary grows. Here's what comes next.
What Star Wars Taught Me About the Growth Mindset
A growth mindset believes that YOU control your destiny, and what you do, or don’t learn.
10 Things that Raise Men Who Respect Women
If we want to prevent sexual assaults, then we have a responsibility to our boys to have a much more uncomfortable conversation.
What Being Fierce in Your 40s Really Looks Like
I’ve realized that being fierce in your 40s is so much more than Botox and electrolysis.
You’re Going to Want to Remember This: Tips for Preserving Family Lore
Our families – made up of generations of stories – are like a treasure trove of golden moments just waiting to be heard.
How to Set Expectations Based on Your Kid's Development
Expecting your child to act in a certain way or to do certain things is futile if he or she is not developmentally ready.
Mentally Strong Kids Have Parents Who Refuse to Do These 13 Things
But raising a mentally strong kid requires parents to avoid the common yet unhealthy parenting practices that rob kids of mental strength.
8 Ways to Get Your Kids to Eat More Than Just Cheese Puffs
In my efforts to get my kids to eat right, I’ve failed more times than I’ve succeeded, but I have succeeded on occasion.
How Focused Attention Can Help Our Kids Battle Stress and Anxiety
With focused attention we can actually change the physical structure of our brain.
More fit people look at me when we're at the park with our kids and their glances to me feel like 1000 pounds of judgment.
Does Your Kid Have Constant Heel Pain? It Could be Severs Disease
Sever’s disease, also known as Calcaneal apophysitis, is the most common cause of heel pain in children.
The Obvious Question When Your Kids are 35 Years Apart
“No, they’re both my sons,” I answered as his eyes widened. It happens every time people begin to understand that I have kids whose ages are 35 years apart.
5 Ways to Create Intimacy Without Taking Your Clothes off
While it’s the rare marriage that thrives without sex, she says there are many ways to be intimate without it.
A Parent Primer on How to Deal With Bullies
It’s time to get a refresher on how to train our kids to stand up to bullying and how to advocate for them.
Determination and the Will to Live
This is a submission in our monthly contest. October’s theme is Determination. In the mirror I could see the impossibly tiny blue foot sticking out of my abdomen, no bigger than an almond. I only g...
Be a Guide, Not a Guard and Raise a Happy, Responsible Kid
As guides, we help children develop internal motivation to do what is right because it’s right, rather than to do what is right to avoid being punished.
Selected Instructions for Helping Non-Babies Fall Asleep (Based on Advice for Babies)
It turns out the techniques parents use to get baby to sleep can be more widely applied to ... just about anyone!
Now That My Kids Are Big: 25 Things I Will Never Have to Do Again
I have to remind myself that it wasn’t all sunny days and cuddle-time. I have to remind myself that every phase of motherhood has its joys and challenges.
My 4-foot, 11 inch Mother is the Biggest Person in Any Room
If my parents had stayed in the Bronx, I might have grown up thinking my family was like all the rest.
Lately, I’ve seriously resolved to take myself less seriously. It’s a paradox, isn’t it? Just like so many aspects of life. As time goes on, I’m finding that many age-old oxymoronic mantras ring tr...
4 Ways We Can Shift Our Language to Support Kids' Emotional Intelligence
Whether or not we validate our kids’ emotions will ultimately have an impact on their ability to manage those emotions well beyond the childhood years.
Why Turning Your Clocks Back Gives Your Brain A Boost
Getting that spark of natural light first thing in the morning can bring several welcome benefits to our body and mind this time of year.