How to Talk to Your Kids About Scary Things Because here's the thing: Avoiding the scary stuff, like school shootings, terrorist attacks, and natural disasters, doesn't work.
Chores Your Kids Can Do Starting at Age 2 (So You Can Do Something Else) As a kid, I was not a fan of chores. Now that I'm a parent, I’ve decided: Chores. Are. Awesome.
Parenting Lessons from My Favorite ’80s Movies I’ve applied all of these to my parenting practice—plus the constant presence of movie theater butter popcorn, of course.
To My Big Kid – Here’s Why Growing Up Is A Good Thing Growing Up is Hard, But It’s Not a Bad Thing I had envisioned for a couple of years how our…
Homeschooling: How To Homeschool Your Kids I'm laying it all out there -- confessions of a homeschooler style.
11 Big Sister Gifts She’ll Love With baby #2 coming any day now, I want to give my older daughter a little something that emphasizes her…
What Back to School Shopping Is Really Like Everything in BTS shopping ads looks FUN. Lemme tell you what the exact opposite of fun is: back to school…
121 Things Your Kids Complained About This Summer #6. Her rainbow Popsicle didn't arrive in actual Roy G. Biv color order.
How To Know When To Fight Your Kid’s Battles I will never forget the first time my daughter got into a spat with one of her friends. I called…
This Is What Parents Can Do About Cyberbullying We’ve reached a time in parenthood when we need to be hyper-aware of what our kids are doing online. It’s…