Category: Parenting

When you are a parent of young children, the question is not whether they will see you naked, and in how much time it will […]

Food allergies are on the rise and today it affects several children in the class, including my daughter. According to thelatest data from the CDC […]

If you’ve been alive for the past, say, 10 years, you’ve been the subject of many articles claiming that smartphones are wiping out an entire […]

Oh, this boy. You gave him life, and now he writhes in agony every time you shake with her, as you lead him and his […]

Childbirth injuries are not fun. First, these are our most tender moments that we are talking about here, the places that we usually want to […]

There’s a reason teenagers sleep in class, and this isn’t just the last lecture on polynomials. They are sleepy. And the reason they want to […]

So you’ve heard about Tiger Mommy, right? You know, more overlord than mother. Strict, demanding and a little (read: many bits) control freak. But also […]

For about two years in my family, it was a rule not to go to restaurants for our children. This is because they either ate […]

In the first months of raising children, ordeals are mainly physical in nature: incisions, episiotomies, back pain, fatigue, breastfeeding. But once you get through that […]

When young children say they are afraid of monsters – and they know that teraphobia is an almost universal fear among preschoolers – you should […]

When my daughter was born, friends came to visit us and brought flowers. “Do you have a vase to put them on?” one chirped. As […]

The great historical Stoic philosophers may not have known what parenting would be like today, but they still have some wisdom to share with modern […]

The parents I have encountered want to raise children who will fight injustice. They take their children to rallies. They start talking early and often […]

Every man can witness the debilitating pain that even the slightest gaze inflicts on our dangling parts, but fathers of young children are especially vulnerable. […]

There are some great new podcasts for kids . Last weekend, while in the car, my four-year-old son and I listened to NPR’s “Wow in […]

The New York Times reports that some dentists are concerned that sedation and anesthesia are “overused as profit-making tools,” which can be dangerous or even […]

When I imagined children, my happy fantasies were to curl up and read my favorite children’s books to the children. I drew evenings at House […]

Fatherhood is a slow wave of unfamiliar emotions. While father’s emotions are not the primary goal of pregnancy, it is important to manage them. This […]

Failure is a major buzzword in parenting today: to raise successful, hardy children, we must let them fail . If your child has forgotten homework […]

“We are all together. It should be fun. “ I told myself this every Saturday when I was in the car with my husband and […]

You know you earned the Parental Badge of Courage when you endured a sweaty, heartbreaking ordeal that cuts a wriggling toddler’s bangs. Now that my […]

Remember how high school felt like one big popularity contest? While the stereotypical teen’s dream is to gather as many friends as possible, new research […]

Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert, advice columnist, and New York Times bestselling author of My Boyfriend Is Boiling In My Purse … And Other […]

Few teenage experiences can be as liberating as getting a cell phone. The connection I felt with my first phone (Nokia 6610) bordering on a […]

Let Deadspin’s Drew Magary say: Your kid’s favorite NFL team sucks . This means that they will almost certainly take over in the coming season. […]

“Just rest,” I said to my daughter at the moment when she started walking and wanted me to play with her here, then there, then […]

Fatherhood is a mess. Here at Offspring, we want to help you literally. How to remove baby food from the walls? What do you do […]

Last week, a member of the Upper East Side Moms Facebook group sent a termination letter (through an attorney) to another member demanding an end […]

Last Friday we spent an evening with two other families with young children at the grocery store. We have a daily routine that boils down […]

I have one dart child. He is now four years old, so he is a little better than he was at two or three years […]

A friend of mine, a third grade teacher, told me that her school is in a panic today. The Superintendent sent out a letter saying […]

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan are expecting their second child soon, and the Facebook CEO tweeted how he plans to take a vacation […]

We want our girls to know that they can do anything: climb trees, play football and reach for the stars. But based on the available […]

The process of adopting a pet for my family was … unexpected. One Saturday, when my six-year-old son had a date in the backyard with […]

The idea of ​​teaching a child a second language can seem intimidating. If you yourself don’t know the language well (say, you haven’t conjugated a […]

This happens to parents all the time. They sign little Everett to kids’ football, and he’s good. Really good. So they sent him to summer […]

My children attend a diverse school, and their teachers regularly and frankly discuss American history, civil rights, and the ongoing struggle for social justice in […]

Several times my husband and I hovered over my four-year-old daughter as she slept, touching her forehead in confusion. “Is she hot? I think she’s […]

As a relative of a teacher, I have seen the joyous ups and downs that accompany my sister Michaela’s profession, as well as the downs […]

Neck float – an inflatable swan from the children’s world. All over Instagram, you can find babies resting in them (no LaCroix cans). It’s a […]