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Inspiration

How Star Wars Helped Me Embrace My Baby’s Helmet

by Ally Weinberg

Even though knowing my daughter's helmet would help was reason enough to appreciate it, making it a work of art was what helped us fully embrace it.

Wellbeing

How Children Are Seeking (and Subverting) Approval Online

by ParentCo.

Studies are beginning to determine the effects of social media on the way kids view themselves. And the specific ways kids use these tools to get and give feedback can be troubling.

Parenthood

What Quality Time With My Kids Really Looks Like

by ParentCo.

What constitutes quality time “with” your kids? How is that different from quality time “around” your kids?

Learning

5 Unexpected Gender Differences in Children’s Clothing

by ParentCo.

Everyone knows that there are glaring differences between girls’ clothes and boys’ clothes. But the gap is even wider than I thought.

mother holding her happy son in her arms

Parenthood

Dear Son: This Is How to Treat Women

by Stephen Bradshaw

Son, the world needs good men. I want to prepare you as best I can for the journey ahead of you, starting with this list.

Wellbeing

Why I Never Compliment a New Mom’s Figure

by Zaeli Kane

I’ve recently decided not to praise new mothers about how they look, or even comment on their bodies at all.

Wellbeing

A White Suburban Mom’s Response to “All Lives Matter”

by ParentCo.

“All Lives Matter” is not an inclusive phrase to unify the human race, but rather highlights the exact problem that the Black Lives Matter movement means to abolish.

Parenthood

Transitioning Love: Raising a Transgender Child

by ParentCo.

Parenthood

I Refuse to Believe That Your Baby Sleeps in a Crib

by ParentCo.

As far as my parenting experience has taught me, babies sleeping in cribs is a unicorn sized myth, invented by Big Crib and perpetrated by jerks.

Wellbeing

A Note to Every Working Mother’s Wing-Woman

by ParentCo.

The words thank you don’t seem to do justice to how thankful I actually am for you. You’re more than just a daycare teacher. You’re my wing woman.

Parenthood

When Furniture Falls, We Blame the Parents

by ParentCo.

Accidents happen. Parents and companies make mistakes. But in the age of social media, extending any sort of understanding has become a rare occurrence.

Inspiration

The Importance of Setting Family Goals – and How to Do It

by ParentCo.

As common as personal goals are for most of us, the vast majority of families have never given thought to setting goals for their family.

A child and his father palying with an aeroplane

Parenthood

How 10 Minutes a Day Changed My Relationship With My Preschooler

by Pam Moore

When kids' behavior spirals out, dedicating focused, uninterrupted time with them can make all the difference.

Wellbeing

Another Snow Day, Without the Magic

by Alison Wilkinson

Today, we enter into our sixth snow day in 30 days. The magic is gone and I'm fresh out of ideas.

Parenthood

How to Navigate Todder Fears of Blow-up Penguins and Stray Hairs

by ParentCo.

Pregnancy

The Unexpected: Grieving the Loss of a Surprise Pregnancy

by ParentCo.

Wellbeing

This Is Your Kid's Brain on Porn

by ParentCo.

These days, porn is never more than a few clicks away. And according to researchers, the effects on the brain are similar to the effects of drugs.

Wellbeing

How a Parent’s Affection Shapes a Child’s Happiness for Life

by ParentCo.

There have been a number of recent studies that highlight the relationship between parental affection and children’s happiness and success.

A child screaming from a circular window

Inspiration

Toddlers Are the Most Chivalrous of Us All

by ParentCo.

When it comes to being generally cheerful, excited, and happy to see you, no one does it better than toddlers.

Children getting frustrated of parents fight

Parenthood

Why Working Out Disagreements in Front of Your Kids is Good for Them

by Rebecca Lang

Research shows parents who manage disagreements well are actually modeling healthy conflict resolution for their kids.

a child hugging mother outside of a house

Parenthood

7 Reasons I Wish I Were Raising My Kids in the 80s

by ParentCo.

If Marty and Dr. Emmett Brown offered to give my family and me a ride in their DeLorean, I’d want to go straight back to the 80s and raise my kids there.

Mothers and their children in a Kitty party

Parenthood

Can We Please Stop Trying to One-Up Each Other?

by Michelle Downing

Parenting is not a competition. But some moms seem to think so.

Parenthood

Motherhood Was the Gateway to My Creative Side

by ParentCo.

When I had kids I thought I had forfeited my chance to express my creative dreams. But fulfilling creative work and motherhood doesn't have to be at odds.