5 Great Table-Top Games to Play With Your Kids
If the world was about to be impacted by an asteroid the size of Manhattan and the only way to divert it was to play a game of Monopoly with five eight-year-olds, I’d have to seriously consider let...
6 Reasons Self-Driving Cars Are Perfect for Parents
Self-driving cars: pure joy at the thought of reading the paper during rush hour, sheer terror at riding shotgun to a machine.
Why Product Warning Labels Assume Everyone's a Total Idiot
We are warned that bags of peanuts contain peanuts, the contents of a coffee cup may be hot, and Lego sets contain small parts. Who is that looking out for?
Leaving plenty of time for your date with Netflix.
You Probably Shouldn't Freak Out: An Honest Guide to Developmental Milestones
Milestones are based on ages at which an average child accomplishes tasks. That means half of all kids develop the skills later, so try to keep calm.
Genetic Testing – How Much Information is Too Much Information?
A new phenomenon called “recreational genetic testing” has arrived. As parents, we will have some arduous ethical decisions to ponder.
Horseback Riding Can Improve Children's Cognitive Ability
I knew horseback riding had health and therapeutic benefits, too, but I never suspected that it could expand her learning ability well beyond the sport.
My Plans For Having Kids (Before I Actually Had Them)
I remember back before I had kids, when I first found out my wife was pregnant, I had plans for what type of parent I was going to be.
Fighting and Losing the Battle of the Junk
What if, instead of constant decluttering, and then re-cluttering with new things, we brought in less in the first place?
Finding Love in A Wave of Frustration
I love them through their sads and angrys. I struggle to show love through mine.
I'll Never Be That Kind of Parent
Once you actually have your own kid, the ideas about parenting you harbored in your mind become a startling reality that messes up all your best-laid plans.
All the Things I've Done When Tired That I'm Not Ashamed to Tell You
You will be too tired, and too neglected and you will feel like your life has run away without you. This is normal and okay.
Kid Made Recipe: Cheesecake Bites
Smooth and creamy no-bake cheesecake gets a salty/sweet kick from an unexpected pretzel crust! Top them any way you like - we went with assorted berries.
No, You're Not Raising a Serial Killer
When our kids act out, we take it as an opportunity to mold them into the good people they will become.
Nurture Until They Shine on Their Own
It’s their life, not mine. I guess I can’t hold too tightly to something that’s not mine to begin with.
Have I Ever Been Fun? A Diary of Morning Sickness
Dear reader, I offer you, these short yet desperate notes taken in the midst of my most nauseous times. May my discontent ease your own.
8 Middle-Grade Mystery Series for Your Kid Detective
Here are eight excellent modern mystery series that will appeal to your burgeoning detective.
Keeping Her Father Present in His Absence
Her dad is off somewhere else, living his own life, in pursuit of (we hope) a better financial future for our family.
Connect Instead of Correct and Other Ways to Change Your Parent Perspective
Changing the way you view parenting will create a stronger and more positive relationship between you and your children.
There Is a Song Inside of You Yet
What you feel right now is real. It is not your fault. This is not where it ends.
Your Kids’ Friends Probably Influence Them More Than You Do
Threat of rejection – or peer pressure, as it’s normally called – is why our kids’ friends hold such incredible influence over them.
Always Have a Friend Who Saves You From Yourself
You’re more than a mother, with interests, opinions and guilty pleasures to discuss. She's not going to let you forget that.
The Art of Taking Things Literally is an Art of Childhood
Childhood is littered with literal misinterpretations.
You Don't Always Have to Diffuse Your Kid's Anger
Sometimes the best thing we can do is step down off our platform of being the “boss” and allow our kids to express themselves and have a voice.