Category: Parenting

My son Dexter is a poor student in the computer lab in the sixth grade. The boy taught himself how to edit Minecraft videos in […]

The other day, when my son and I were driving around the city, he decided that he did not want to grow up. “Then, when […]

One day, when my son was three years old, I took him to an indoor bounce park. However, an hour of jumping, sliding and bouncing […]

Six years ago, my husband and I moved across the country from Arizona to the East Coast, where we both come from. At the time, […]

Sometimes our phones can be useful as a distraction for our children while we are waiting at the airport or in the doctor’s office. I […]

As we said earlier , one of the best ways to teach children to empathize is through fiction. I don’t remember any classroom lectures or […]

Far Cry New Dawn , the newest game in the Far Cry open-world series from Ubisoft, takes place several years after the apocalyptic nuclear event […]

One day when my son was about six years old – and for some reason he was angry with me – he climbed the stairs, […]

Teenage love can be sweet, pervasive, and intense. This is also probably temporary. Of course, there is a chance that your child’s first love can […]

I’ve been tasked with coming up with one parenting trick that I would like to briefly reject in honor of Waiver Week here at Lifehacker. […]

Recently, my teenage daughter and I ate brunch at a famous restaurant in Soho. While we were waiting for breakfast to arrive, I noticed a […]

Watching our children get rejected, especially by their peers, is one of the most painful parts of parenting. Obviously, we cannot protect them from rejection: […]

“You can do it,” I told my 7-year-old son. “We won’t stop until you get it. I know you can handle it. “ Oh, how […]

We know our children best. We know their strengths and weaknesses, their talents and reasons. It can be easy for us parents to see how […]

If you have a child who is struggling with anxiety, consider giving him a soft toy that will eat up his worries. Anxiety Eaters is […]

Ethan Scunover ( known to his students in Seattle as Mr. E. ) recently tweeted how he started the Dungeons and Dragons Club at his […]

I live in a twin house in East Pennsylvania that was built in 1925. It has a lot of charm, but few other things like […]

If you have ever felt guilty about giving up your children to parents or relatives too often, I am here to set you free. It […]

While federal workers, who were out of wages for an entire month during the government shutdown, are due to receive their paychecks this week, diaper […]

The news reports that the polar vortex hitting much of the United States this week is bringing the coldest temperatures in a generation. This means […]

According admittedly, talking with our children about sex – a task that most parents do not wait. But to be honest, our kids are probably […]

True Story: The title of the 8,011,991st US patent is “Bigfoot / Woman Construction Facilitator,” which certainly implies that there is a correct way to […]

One day, when my son was about 4 or 5 years old, I told him how proud I was of him for something and how […]

Earlier this week, I offered some tips on how to wake up kids who are, uh, not matinees . As expected, I have heard from […]

I still remember the day when my first period began. I was 12 and walking home from school on a cold January afternoon. Although I […]

One of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever gotten for getting my then-preschooler out the door in the morning was to put together a […]

Sometimes the biggest obstacle to a parent’s morning routine is getting the kids out of bed physically. If your kids are the type of “ […]

My son has a big appetite and he is almost always ready for the next food intake, so in my house battle for breakfast, tend […]

If you’ve been hoarding these Gymboree gift cards waiting for the perfect moment to splurge on new styles for your kids, now is the time […]

As any veteran parent knows, going out the door (on time) in the morning actually starts the night before. Packing lunches, packing homework in backpacks, […]

Several Lifehacker employees talked about nesting the other day. You know, this special burst of some kind of fierce energy that pregnant moms can experience […]

If you’ve ever tried to reason with a three-year-old (or a four-year-old, eight-year-old, etc.), you know this is often an exercise in frustration. Your toddler […]

“We are a family celebrating,” my son once said during one of our many holiday dinners on some unknown occasion. “Of course,” I said when […]

Like many mothers pregnant with their second child, I wondered how I could love another child as much as my first. I watched my three-year-old […]

I have a friend who was very serious about preparing for kindergarten. When her son started doing his preschool homework (“homework” and “preschool” are two […]

If you’re struggling to trim your toddler’s nails, you’re not alone. This is a necessary, frequent task that many parents dread. At first, we were […]

Last week we got a question from a reader asking us about the best baby feeding and diaper change tracking apps. To which I first […]

As parents, we wring our hands a lot over how our children will handle social media during their teens and teens. We regret that at […]

Do you know the feeling it gets when the teacher waves to you to talk to you during a meeting at school? Or when another […]

Many parents are painfully familiar with the following scenario: a child shows interest in a particular instrument after witnessing the play of that instrument. The […]