Category: Parenting

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 […]

By breaking the chain of transmission of disease, herd immunity protects the most vulnerable of us, including newborns and patients who cannot be vaccinated. But […]

When it comes to household chores, it’s almost impossible to remember what you started, who should be doing what, and what remains to be done. […]

“This is how it happened and it NEVER happens,” wrote Laura Galvin of the breastfeeding support group Milky Mamas on Facebook. A mother of two […]

When you are a parent, sleep is the second most anticipated moment of the day. This is an hour (or two, or three if you’re […]

There are many guidelines for how much sleep your children should sleep and when they should go to bed. All of the tips can make […]

Game of Thrones returns on Sunday. You have the ingredients to make Old Fashioned Crow , your bowl of gruesome wolf food for a snack, […]

For picky kids, there is one rule of thumb when it comes to serving meals: keep them separate. The peas should not touch the pasta, […]

The happiest place on Earth isn’t so good when you’ve been stuck in line for Space Mountain for the last two and a half hours […]

Photographing children can be tricky – remembering how to take a good photo first and then working with fidgeting subjects. As head of editorial photography, […]

A few weeks ago, I shared tips on how to talk to young children about sex . I came back today to share some advice […]

It’s a scorching day and your kids will soon be at school, running, jumping and sweating in a shadowless playground. So you ship them with […]

The maddening paradox of childcare in this country is that daycare and babysitting are indeed expensive – at least more expensive than state college tuition […]

If your child passes out while doing homework, it may be worth putting on a raincoat. On a repetitive task, a new study found that […]

For children, public ball courts are colorful pools of joy and wonder. For parents, these are disgusting incubators for germs, a place where boogers die, […]

Family eating practices are primarily efficiency oriented. Cook in bulk . Freeze the dishes immediately for a month . Buy the damn Instant Pot already. […]

While this topic remains taboo, most parents have a beloved child. The Wall Street Journal points to research that confirms this: in one recent study, […]

It’s completely normal for children to be naturally introverted – quiet children have unique creative and intellectual talents and rich inner lives. But what to […]

My 3-year-old son had been wearing his Paw Patrol T-shirt for several weeks before I noticed something was missing. The episodes he watched featured six […]

Having babies usually means having to buy a lot of things for them, which means a huge amount of clutter accumulating. Limiting the number of […]

If you have a son who is the youngest or middle child, you’ll want to look at them like a fucking hawk. Secondborn sons are […]

Every parent hates hearing the dreadful “I’m bored” from their child. A natural instinct may be to fill their schedule, but boredom has many benefits. […]

I’m from West Virginia, and you can get from anywhere to anywhere you have to drive the winding mountain roads that have vomited generations of […]

Allowing your teenage children to use social media can make you feel as if you suddenly let them get lost in a scene from Playing […]

We all know how to transport a child car seat, right? You put your hand through the handle, place it on the inside of your […]

You guys have a long holiday weekend! That means trips to the beach, relaxing in the mountains, lakeside barbecues, and traffic problems from Seattle to […]

When my four-year-old daughter is misbehaving (and a boy , isn’t she), I have about 3.7 seconds to go through the list of possible parenting […]

It’s perfectly legal to go through airport security with breast milk, even without a baby in tow, but the rules don’t always work in real […]

Earlier this month, a child died a week after allegedly drawing water while walking with his family. The media called it a case of “dry […]

There is no school, but that does not mean that your children should stop learning. The researchers found that children can lose one to two […]

Netflix released its first interactive story on Tuesday . Similar to the Choose Your Own Adventure books from our childhood, Netflix TV shows allow viewers […]

Baby car seats are tricky. Their gears can be clogged with Cheerio ; find it difficult to fit in the back seat ; they don’t […]

You don’t want your baby to drown. I don’t want your baby to drown either. Swimming lessons are great and can help them feel more […]

I am not a parent, but as someone who finds it difficult to feed and clothe himself, I have a lot of respect for people […]

Strengthen your SUVs, stock up on SPF, and read all airport codes from JFK to LAX: It’s travel season. Whether it’s a day trip to […]

Well, the good news is that ten students have moved onto the Harvard waiting list for the 2021 course. Harvard Crimson said Sunday that the […]

So you’ve been coerced into what seems like another win-win parenting scenario: it’s Lego time and your aspiring Frank Lloyd Wright doesn’t want your help […]

I knew even before my daughter was born that I was going to raise her to laugh in the face of sexist stereotypes, to be […]

My kids are picky about their food, and I’ve struggled with that ever since my oldest son, now seven, was about two years old. This […]

“If you have any questions about … well, sex, you can ask me.” It was my version of The Conversation — an awkward, stuttering sentence […]