Category: Parenting

In one of the darkest moments of my parenting career, I kept a terrified three-year-old on the toilet, which was constantly automatically flushed at a […]

When you sit down to calculate the cost of childcare, there is often a moment when one of the parents (usually the mother) looks at […]

I’m fine with Peppa Pig . Peppa is a charmingly imperfect pig child, and Pig dad, despite fitting into the stereotype of a fooled father, […]

If you are pregnant or have a newborn, you are likely to get a lot of advice! Which baby’s straitjacket is best for swaddling, what […]

Hearing this parental advice was an epiphany for me: if your child asks you the same question a hundred times in a row, you don’t […]

Have you ever eavesdropped on other parents on the playground? Don’t they sometimes sound, uh, pointless ? “Sophie, we don’t throw sand at our friends, […]

Every night my dining table was a battleground. “What is it?” the often repeated refrain sounded, accompanied by a wrinkled face and a tiny fork […]

The Florida superintendent became a children’s hero when she recently announced a new policy of no homework all year round. (The sound you hear is […]

One of the biggest criticisms people have made about the KonMari Method, a “life-changing” cleaning guru invented by cleaning guru Mari Kondo, is that it […]

“Try not to drop your baby,” pediatrician Trisha Jean Gold, a practitioner at Tribeca Pediatric Clinic in New York, said when I called her for […]

Abdominal swelling after childbirth is common – diastasis of the rectus abdominis (DR), the medical term for abdominal separation, occurs in 37% of women who […]

If, after today’s morning story of Disney and Viacom apps that can spy on kids, you weren’t persuaded to burn your smart devices and encourage […]

As difficult as dating is (mmm, very ), when you add kids to the equation, confusion, emotion, and potential heartache increases by about a hundredfold. […]

Judging by the rantings on the Internet (“10 Things People Without Children Will Never Understand,” “Why Moms and Dads Are Selfish and Irritating”), you might […]

You don’t just imagine it. Girls start thinking about the ideal body at an earlier age. In her book Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession […]

I used to hate children. Now that I have two of them, I can admit it. When I was twenty, I swore I would never […]

According to the USDA, the cost of raising an average child under 18 is more than $ 233,000 . For a child with special needs, […]

In elite colleges, professors have noticed a problem. Many students, while impressive on paper, seem unable to cope with the simple challenges of getting an […]

It’s hard to compete with the convenience of iPads and phones to keep kids busy in cars, planes, restaurants, waiting rooms and anywhere else where […]

You know the feeling of being stuck in a traffic jam or on a crowded bus, racing against the clock to pick up your child […]

My wife and I are going to have a baby, which is great! But as most young parents quickly realize, modern babies seem to need […]

Children have a way to quickly gather information (sometimes faster than they would like …), but when explaining more abstract concepts like coding or computer […]

It’s hard to have a sick child. Having a sick child who is vomiting is hard and unpleasant. Having a sick child who vomits up […]

It’s nice to see pictures of the world through the eyes of your children. It’s not so much fun to watch them run and tinker […]

Getting kids to read about world events can be difficult without the right materials – hence the huge popularity of Where in the World is […]

At the start of the school year, every written assignment, certificate, or piece of art your child brings home is a sweet thrill, a token […]

Congratulations, you just had a baby! As you get used to living with a tiny new creature that eats, sleeps, cries and poops in an […]

Toddlers have been compared to drunken adults , tornadoes, time bombs , politicians, puppies, and gremlins. In their new book, Toddler Survival Guide: Complete Protection […]

A good podcast can turn everyday activities like cleaning, doing errands, and commuting to time spent learning new things or just having fun. Here are […]

My 4 year old daughter enjoys watching some great kids shows including Noddy Toyland Detective , Ruby’s Studio , Julie’s Greenroom and so many Daniel […]

Ah, summer, when heat, hormones and boredom lead to bad decisions. This month, four teens were arrested on charges of sex on a beach in […]

Noticing that their newborn daughter was so apathetic that she could not eat, her parents, Nicole and Shane Sifrit, rushed her to the hospital. There, […]

On the Slate podcast for parents , Mom and Dad are Fighting, the presenters discussed a difficult question: should you spend time with the whole […]

More and more states are passing laws allowing people to get into hot cars to save a child or pet without facing certain legal obligations. […]

Making time for yourself as a parent is more difficult than most people think. Even if you have a well-mannered child, there is always something […]

“She has more!” “His cup was filled higher!” Her piece is bigger! “” It’s not fair! “ Oh, to be a child faced with a […]

Interesting news from the Netherlands: A group of Dutch researchers tracked about 85,000 Norwegian women during their pregnancy and in subsequent years and found that […]

My daughter has a toy dinosaur that talks to her. She named him Bob, and she can ask him anything: What is the circumference of […]

Pregnant bellies come in all shapes and sizes, and they are all beautiful. But when people on the Internet saw the big shot of fitness […]

Children’s menu. I can’t say I’m overjoyed with the tasteless mac and cheese choices, simple pizza discs, and dry white meat chicken sticks, but I’ve […]