The Best Parenting Stories of 2017
We tested the plastic butt tube . We have figured out how to avoid the jet of urine when changing a diaper . Found out Snapchat . Parenting is hard work, but we tried to make it a little easier. Here are our best parenting stories of 2017.
About infertility and miscarriage:
How to answer the question “When will you have a baby?” When you are sterile
While people shouldn’t ask you when you’re having a baby (or when you’ll get married, or when you’ll have another child, or anything else that’s not their damn business), they do ask anyway. It is helpful to have a few standard answers.
What to say and what to do if your wife or partner has a miscarriage
Knowing that your wife is pregnant will never reach the depths of despair that tears you apart when you learn that she is having a miscarriage. The writer shares what you can do to help her get through everything before and after.
On navigating your new sleep-deprived world:
Should you move to the suburbs when you have kids?
The ten-year trend of couples moving from city to suburbs when they have children is only increasing. But why are families so torn? Read this before summoning U-Haul.
How to survive when you are an owl parent with an early child
Babies wake up very early. If you are a natural night owl, the kind of person who can’t even start to curl up until midnight or so, these 5AM awakenings can wreak havoc on your mood, your health, your entire life.
How to get rid of the parenting role you’re stuck in
Undoubtedly, children can benefit from different parenting styles . But when moms and dads get stuck in certain roles (eg, gay versus a serious parent, capable versus ignorant, etc.), They can become caricatures of themselves, which can lead to resentment.
A Guide to Parent-Nonparent Friendship
Something happens the moment a baby is born – friendships between adults that once seemed so easy are filled with obstacles (“What do you mean you can only have lunch at 4:45 pm?”). Here’s what I’ve learned that could help bridge the big gap.
On raising young children:
What to say to children instead of “Stop crying”
Children have real feelings, and even if they cry over what we think is commonplace (they are dressed like Batman, but don’t want to be treated like Batman), our job is to empathize and teach them how to manage those feelings. Plus, if they don’t get the sympathy they want, they’ll keep trying.
What to say to small children instead of “sorry”
Children love the word “sorry.” This lets them off the hook. And parents love it when children say it. Manners! We teach them. But there is a problem with this magic word.
How to entertain your child while lying down
The art of “horizontal education”.
How to keep children out of bed
A detailed guide to declaring your mattress area to be the only part of your home free from the sounds, smells and fluids of children.
How I taught my child to use the potty on three dirty days
You too can live a free life without diapers.
About parenting older children:
How to get rid of the smell of farting in a teen’s room
Our Ask a Pure Man columnist, Jolie Kerr, answers this reader’s question: “My teenage room always smells. Can anyone help with this? It is like the usual smell of a boy, like a musty cave where he farts. ” You know the smell she’s talking about.
Convince teens to stay sober at parties by explaining what it means to them
Famous teenage psychiatrist why all these 80s scare tactics – horrible videos featured in driver lessons, DARE lectures, thatdamn fried egg ad – didn’t help teens make better choices.
How to help teens cope with anxiety
Anxiety among adolescents is growing, but it is difficult to understand how to help: should the child be protected from all the circumstances of anxiety? Free them from school and family responsibilities? Intervene for teachers and coaches when it gets too much?
About tough conversations:
How to talk to children about mass shootings
Convince them that there are many more good people than bad people.
How to talk to young children about race
If you learn to hate, what do the teachings look like? In fact: it often looks like nothing and sounds like silence.
How to talk to children to dispel stereotypes
The professor of early cognitive and social development shows how the subtle features of language can contribute to a child’s tendency to view the world through the prism of social stereotypes.
On the very important parenting tips you need right now:
How to safely remove a tiny object from your child’s nose
Be a hero.
Turn on subtitles when kids are watching TV
Add reading instructions to the TV – watch the same way you add spinach to mashed potatoes .
Use the “I authorize, you choose” strategy to divide materials between children
An easy way to deal with injustice.
Get your child’s ears pierced at the tattoo parlor because they know what they are doing
If you’re nervous about bringing little Ella to a place called Big Daddy, where the walls are adorned with skulls and thorns on the forehead, don’t worry.