Category: Parenting

Considering we’re all a bit hesitant to run to the doctor, hospital, or emergency unless absolutely necessary, there is an app you might want to […]

Last weekend, my favorite local ice cream shop promoted a year’s shipment of giant homemade apple cider dumplings with ice cream, as well as very […]

One of the joys of parenting is sharing your favorite children’s films with your children. There is no better time to watch your favorite old […]

Between the ruin of normalcy in the spring and this long, boring summer that we all wade through, one thing that parents may have stopped […]

Even in normal times, school supplies were often long and oddly specific (five orange pocket folders?). But this year they are long and strangely specific, […]

As much as one would like, but it is impossible to track all the characteristics of the almost 900 Pokémon currently in existence. Sometimes you […]

The coronavirus has brought us many tragedies and inconveniences this year, large and small, and among the latter – one that most of us probably […]

We could all use a little more mindfulness right now, but learning to meditate regularly can be intimidating, especially for children. But adding mindfulness to […]

Every parent of a child with his beloved “mistress” lives in fear. Favorite blanket, stuffed toy or other stuffed toy – This is a favorite […]

This is a universal problem: you want to teach your kids online safety, but they just want to build LEGO all day long. Well, finally, […]

Many parents lost time in front of the screen during the pandemic, and this is understandable. Most experts agree that the extra screen time right […]

If you’ve worked with children from home during These Times, you’ve probably already read 379 articles with tips on how to keep doing this while […]

If your kids have ever wanted to create and animate their own video games but didn’t know where to start, Roblox has a free summer […]

There is nothing that babies love more than grabbing things. And since another thing babies love is holding in their arms, you need to keep […]

If you haven’t spent the summer watching people bounce off volcanic rocks and disappear into boiling pits of lava, you are missing out on one […]

It is a fairly common scenario for an infant or young child to develop an ear infection or sore throat. Their pediatrician prescribes a penicillin […]

If you keep discussing the pros and cons of schools physically opening this fall, you are not alone. Even the American Academy of Pediatrics cannot […]

As difficult as the spring was, when our children were at home with us all day, and we ourselves tried to keep working, she really […]

There are many reasons why parents – and yes, especially moms – avoid the camera. We haven’t slept well at night in years, as evidenced […]

The timeline for the new book, How to Become Human: 65 Extremely Relevant and Super Essential Skills to Learn Before You Grow Up, really couldn’t […]

I will say this: this summer has turned out to be unsuccessful so far, and it does not look like it will get much better. […]

If you’ve run out of ways to make this summer exciting, we have an offer you probably haven’t thought of yet – throw ice cream […]

Kids are now missing out on a lot of traditional social interactions with their friends, but we’re also pretty good at identifying pandemic variations on […]

You want your kids to go to summer camp. They just want to be on YouTube all day. Well, it turns out that both are […]

If you were a kid in the 1980s or 90s, you may remember reading mainly in order to earn free personal Pizza Hut pizza. Founded […]

The global pandemic has changed the world on a macro level, but also changed the microcosm of our family life . Screen time was once […]

Children are bored. The kids are hot. The car is dirty. I think we all know what to do. If you haven’t already insisted that […]

I’ve written about how to have various “ important conversations ” with our kids as they get older – just enough so that we group […]

Two children’s over-the-counter cough and cold medicines have been withdrawn due to inappropriate cup dosage, which could create the risk of accidental overdose. GSK Consumer […]

We could all use a few extra jokes right now, but our kids in particular have had a hard time this year. There is a […]

The world is in great motion now. On the one hand, you have a terrifying global pandemic; on the other hand, society is in the […]

Kids aren’t exactly the best or most effective when it comes to brushing their teeth – if you can get them to do it at […]

There has been a lot of discussion in recent weeks about privileges – what they are, who has them, and who is willing to admit […]

It’s getting hot, the rates of the damn virus are dropping in some areas, but in others, kids get bored, swimming pools and bicycles are […]

When I was in high school, I had a notebook that I passed on to two friends. Each took turns writing on it, passing it […]

You and your kids probably don’t travel much by air these days, but while we’re all mostly grounded, JetBlue has created a new series of […]

Inflatable pools are hard to find these days. I know this because I spent many hours trying to find and buy one to use in […]

When one parent in our parent Facebook group Offspring foresaw summer, he decided his kids needed a purpose. Organizational principle. Project. So Isaac Elias and […]

As a parent of a sports-minded 10-year-old, I was grateful to be able to survive the Michael Jordan era with my son by watching The […]

Of course, by now we all see an urgent need to talk about race – with our children, with our parents, with our friends, even […]