Category: Parenting

Sensory Processing Disorder (or SPD) is a neurological condition in which a person is unable to interpret external or internal stimuli in the way a […]

There are many things I wish I knew before becoming a parent. An incredible amount of Band-Aids to be wasted. How many photos in my […]

My daughter discovered her love for drawing on her first day of kindergarten. She returned home with several large masterpieces. She attached them to her […]

Sensory activity is a very important aspect of a child’s development. In particular, activities that include “dirty play” help children integrate different experiences into their […]

As parenting trends move further away from punishment and harsh discipline, there is still conflict between parenting communities and perhaps even within your own family […]

Most parents of children who play sports are familiar with the situation: 60 children signed up for football, but only two coaches volunteered. If someone […]

It pains me to write an article about going back to school – has summer just begun? — but here we are again at this […]

In the neurodivergent community, the term “rejection-sensitive dysphoria” (RSD) is gaining traction, which means that someone feels pain when they are criticized, or feels that […]

Young children are picky eaters – this is a common and normal phenomenon. However, there are a few signs that your young child may be […]

As parents, we all want our kids to be happy – we want them to have that coveted toy or the next fun adventure. But […]

I’m not one of those bleak people who think there’s something wrong with giving kids creative and unusual names – I’d rather date a little […]

While flying with young children is no walk in the park, especially if you’re afraid of flying yourself, you can at least keep your little […]

I don’t quite understand why the trucker was so offended by my lightning merge – that’s the right way to merge , thank you very […]

The pandemic has not spared anyone’s mental health , and, unfortunately, mental health crises for children, including eating disorders , have become more frequent. While […]

Fiddely_MomJess, the creator of TikTok and the mom of what her biography says is a “girl gang” made up of a seemingly endless number of […]

The executive function can be thought of as the manager of the brain: it helps us prioritize, make plans to complete tasks, and adapt to […]

Summer is coming, and for parents, this means one thing: yachting! Wait, no, I mean find something to keep your offspring busy until that blessed […]

If gun violence were as “unimaginable” or “unthinkable” in the United States as politicians’ tweets proclaim after another school shooting. Instead, we have experienced so […]

Is it possible to force a child to do what you asked him to do the first time you asked him to do it? Some […]

Everyone has terrible days, sad days, and even terrible, terrible, no good, very bad days, but depression is a mental illness classified as a persistent […]

A Kentucky family was recently at the center of controversy after allowing their 6-year-old son to run in the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati last […]

If you’ve had children, especially small ones, during the last two years of the pandemic, you’re probably feeling, shall we say, tired. All parents have […]

While most people have the ability to empathize, put themselves in someone else’s shoes, and feel what they feel, empaths feel other people’s feelings or […]

Even if your kids eat meat fairly regularly, you can aim to have more plant-based snacks and meals in your regular rotation. On at least […]

As parents, we all want our children’s lives to be better than our own. This is especially true when it comes to getting our kids […]

In the 18 or so years it takes to raise a child from infancy to someone somewhat ready for life outside of your protective bubble, […]

Everyone lies sometimes. Toddlers, kindergartners, fourth graders, teens, teens, and yes, even we are mature, wise adults. We’ve all embellished the truth at one time […]

Parenting can be a full-contact sport, from the early days of trying to prevent your toddler from falling off playground equipment to caring for your […]

Moving is physically and emotionally challenging even for the most adaptable of us and even in the best of circumstances; for children, this can be […]