Why You Should Stop Making School Lunch for Your Kids
I dreaded it every morning. After breakfast I’d ask - “What do you want for lunch?”
Preparing Kids for Online Conflict
Rather than encouraging kids to live in an echo chamber of like-minded online friends, or to shrink from online disagreement, we need to teach them how to disagree respectfully. via Teachers Agains...
100 Funniest Jokes in the History of Twitter
OMG. *CRY LAUGHING FOREVER* (There's 99 more where this came from.) most cutting thing you can say is "who's this clown?" because it implies they're a) a clown & b) not even one of the better...
This teaser for the new Batman LEGO movie is great. (And the actual movie is almost certainly going to be better than Batman v Superman.)
Free 65 Page Activity Worksheets to Teach Digital Safety from Common Sense Media
Spark conversations about digital citizenship with family activity worksheets from Common Sense Media. Download the PDF here.
Flying with Children On the Night of Brussels
As the events yesterday morning in Brussels continue to weigh heavy on my mind, I can’t help but think of the plane that my four children and I will be boarding ourselves later this evening. While ...
How Much Sugar is in Your Child's Fruit Drinks?
Researchers in the UK have found the sugar levels in children's fruit drinks to be "unacceptably high."
Parent Co. Daily News For Parents 3/23/16
What we're reading around the web.
Tips for Traveling with Your Kid's Sports Team
As a former player, coach, and now parent of an athlete, I've spent a lot of time on the proverbial road. In a typical youth hockey season, for example, a parent can expect up to five travel weeke...
How My Son Taught me to Get Outside this Winter
My son pushed me to embrace nature this winter. This was my son’s second winter, and, because of how mild it started out, we found the transition into cold weather a little more difficult. When it ...
Questions to Ask Your Kids: Who Made You Smile Today?
From "30 Questions to Ask Your Kid Instead of How Was Your Day"
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Sign Up & Enter to Win $500 We're excited about Parent Co. Daily. To help it grow quickly, we're launching with a new subscriber contest for the month of March. Sign up for Parent Co. Daily be...
Family visits bring us closer, right? RIGHT? Let's examine the myths and realities of togetherness.
Why Moms Support Hillary While Daughters Back Bernie
There is a sharp generational divide between mothers and daughters and who they support in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Antibiotics Before Age 2 Increases Risk of Childhood Obesity
"Our work supports the theory that antibiotics may progressively alter the composition and function of the gut microbiome"
The Memories That Stick and Those We Trade For New Ones
I was shocked that my mother had forgotten so many details of my birth. But after I had my son, I realized there was so much I too had forgotten.
Tablets, Transitions, and Tantrums
Transitioning out of screen time doesn't always go so well. Luckily there's plenty of research to help ease the turmoil.
The Surprising Numbers Behind the Decline of Kids' Team Sports
It’s not just Little League - about half of American children don’t participate in any team sport
Build With Virtual LEGOs in Google Chrome (Kinda like Minecraft)
Welcome to the Build Academy This is where you train to become a Master Builder! Starting with the basics, you’ll face a series of building challenges in different locations. Before you know it, ...
Who Will Teach Our Kids Sex Ed?
Is the combination of social media and online pornography becoming the new sex ed?
3 Stories That Can Help When the News is Scary
Helping kids navigate scary news is a heartbreaking task. Our friends at Sparkle Stories have some tools to help.
How Does Oxytocin Impact Mother-Child Bonding?
A new study examines the impact of oxytocin levels on mother-child bonding, and what it might mean for baby's healthy development.
"What Is Missing From the Parenting Conversation"
From our Friends at Parentswho.com
How Do You Spell Happiness? "B-R-I-B-E"
I couldn't allow my daughter to keep failing at school. There was one thing that I hadn't tried yet: the bribe.