via @Quartz, "How American parenting is killing the American marriage"
"Sometime between when we were children and when we had children of our own, parenthood became a religion in America. As with many religions, complete unthinking devotion is required from its pract...
via The Atlantic: "How Parenting Became a DIY Project"
"From home birth to homemade baby food to homeschooling, raising kids is a way for parents to express their individuality." FROM How Parenting Became a DIY Project - The Atlantic.
It's Town Meeting Day here in Vermont. Town meeting is an annual tradition where town citizens come together to air grievances, address town business, and connect and socialize at the end of the Ve...
The 5 Movies I Couldn't Wait to Share With My Kids
The best thing about being a parent is reliving our favorite parts of our own childhoods through the eyes of our kids. And while there are countless ways to do that, some of the best in our house h...
Moms to the Front: The Joys and Pains of Touring with Kids | NOISEY
Speaking as a musician's wife, there's nothing my kids want more than to hit the road with their dad and his band. Little do they know it wouldn't be an endless stream of soda and crappy snacks. "...
A Collection of TED Talks About Family
What it says on the this tin. A link to a collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of family: TED: Ideas worth spreading.
In Time magazine, Sara Zaske (@sarazaske) writes: The first time I went to a playground in Berlin, I freaked. All the German parents were huddled together, drinking coffee, not paying attention to...
5 Ways to Make Car Shopping Not Suck for the Family
Getting a new car is exciting for everyone in the family, especially kids. For guys like me (I've personally owned over 40 cars), some of my fondest memories from childhood centered around negotia...
It's Time for Free-Range Parenting to Enter the Digital Realm - GeekDad
It's a great big world out there, both physically AND on the internet. Shouldn't we be facilitating our children's safe, independent exploration of both? "But the free-range movement always stops w...
5 Louis C.K. Quotes that Explain Why He's My Parenting Buddha
"Listen. The only time you should look into your neighbor’s bowl is to make sure that they have enough. You don’t look into your neighbor’s bowl to see if you have…as much as them."
This Week’s Essential Reading for Parents
1. Do you need to go to parent school? Is there a ‘right’ way to bring up your child? Linda Geddes asks whether parent school is the answer. 2. Mother May I? “If you actually wanted your child ...
Au Revoir, Piggybank: Tips For Your Child's First Bank Account
Experts say you can start kids banking as early as ages three to five. They can already start to embrace routine and habits at this point. “The whole idea is getting set up with a regular savings h...
How to Spark Conversations With Your Kids
I love talking with my kid. She’s six years old and full of theories, opinions, and surprising insights (which are often hilarious). Our conversations are always among the highlights of my day. Un...
10 questions to ask around the table
Turn small talk into smart conversation around the family dinner table with the following 10 questions recommended by StoryCorps founder (and 2015 TED Prize winner) Dave Isay. These ideas were put...
Kids' Solo Playtime Unleashes 'Free-Range' Parenting Debate
Communities today may be made up of strangers, but James-Brown says they still have a stake in how kids are raised and a role to play in keeping them safe. She hopes all the media scrutiny gets mor...
Mother May I? - The New Yorker
“If you actually wanted your child to be kidnapped, how long would you have to keep him outside for him to be abducted by a stranger?” A week? She shook her head. “Seven hundred and fifty thousand ...
For Dads, Another Surprising Benefit of Family Time
A new study published this month in the Academy of Management Perspectives finds significant benefits accrue to men, their families, and their work organizations, when fathers increase the amount o...
Should Children Get Paid for Chores?
Ron Lieber, the New York Times personal finance columnist and author of the new book “The Opposite of Spoiled,” argues that because parents don’t get paid for family housework, neither should the k...
Parental ethnotheories and how parents in America differ from parents everywhere else.
All child-rearing practices vary hugely among cultures. There’s only a single shared characteristic, Harkness says: “Parents everywhere love their children and want the best for their children.” (E...
This Week's Essential Reading for Parents
1. Let Children Change “But even when we’re the ones wrestling with our own parents’ dated vision, we current parents don’t think often enough about whether we’re already boxing our children in.” ...
Rachel Carson on Wonder and Parenting
A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-insp...
I once got into an argument with my mother because she smugly parallel parked and asked, "Can you do that yet?" Confused, I responded, "Yes. Why?" "Well, you couldn't used to. Remember when you t...
All Parents Are Cowards-Words From A Professional Skateboarder
No matter how daring you are, the world never feels as dangerous as it does once you have children. This piece by skateboarder Michael Christie is the most beautiful thing I've read about parenting...
'Don't Think of Ugly People': How Parenting Advice Has Changed
The curious history told in 19th and early 20th century mothering advice books is a mix of unreasonable demands and unfounded claims. We run into many snags when we undertake to discipline the ner...