Category: Parenting

Slowly but surely releasing my son on the Internet was not what I liked as a parent. But a child is in fourth grade and […]

I wrote a post yesterday about the COVID slide – the concern of many parents that our kids will be lagging (or even more ) […]

This pandemic has given each of us an abundance of physical and mental junk: anxiety, isolation, depression, inertia, and insomnia, to name just a few. […]

This pandemic has given parents many reasons to worry any day. There is an obvious concern that our children (or ourselves, or their grandparents) will […]

Much has been written lately about the deep isolation that many parents feel, especially those who work full-time from home with children who also study […]

Choosing a caregiver to raise your children in the event of your death (and any other parent you have) can be one of the most […]

It’s a common situation in youth sports – a couple of kids are late for training or fooling around and distracting their teammates. Their coach […]

It is impossible to know who your child will grow up to be when he or she is young. But chances are good that whatever […]

I remember being full of pride and disappointment in the report card as a child. Pride that I usually earned excellent and A, which was […]

Chances are you’re a little nervous this week. Wary. Carefully. (Terrified?) You know that right now you should practice taking the best possible care of […]

I voted a couple of weeks ago – a fact that my 10 year old son was very annoyed with when he was so nervous […]

If your child identifies – or you suspect they might identify – as non-binary, you may find yourself trying, firstly, to understand exactly what this […]

If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that when things get tough, it’s important to look for any form of distraction . Fortunately, children’s book author […]

When you haul your child to a new city without a car, it might be tempting to tie them to Uber of Lyft – without […]

Children – especially young ones – are usually uncomfortable in most situations. I don’t blame them for this, I’m just saying that a person does […]

I’m going to make a radical statement: I think Halloween is going to be more fun for kids this year, just as much fun. For […]

I usually don’t like taking the easy path of parenting, such as cheating or lying to my kids. Also, I don’t think you’re teaching your […]

It’s hard to keep track of everything kids are missing out on right now, studying at home all (or most) of their time, from social […]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, finally. Wicked Week 2020 is approaching us on Lifehacker; a week in which all the morally questionable hacks that we wanted to write about […]

I don’t know about you, but it was a challenge for me to contain my emotions in connection with the upcoming elections – even around […]

The most interesting thing about kids is that they all have their own unique way of being so irreconcilably weird. Especially when they are very […]

If your child has recently called anything he doesn’t like, “sus”, he is probably playing in ” Among Us . “ In the slang for […]

There is a lot of ugliness in the world right now, especially for those of us in the United States who are approaching the worst […]

Children, they will fight. If you have a child – and especially if you have more than one child – you’ve probably noticed their propensity […]

Look, I know we’re all desperately trying to save something, anything , for our kids this year. They have been suffering one crushing disappointment after […]

Finding a pediatrician you trust – reliable, affordable, and conveniently located – is not easy. I know this because now I am trying to do […]

Our children will be using the Internet long before their frontal lobes are fully developed, which means they need a lot of practice to figure […]

If you’re a parent of a toddler or teenager, you’ve probably spent a lot of time thinking and talking to them about social media. Social […]

Some parents, who decided to skip treats and treats this year, have borrowed an idea from another holiday that has sweets: Easter. I’m talking about […]

If your house is anything like mine, there has been little talk of elections in recent days and weeks (and months and years). My son […]

I don’t know if you’ve heard, but elections are coming soon. Quite important, one might say. Possibly the most important choices in our lives, making […]

If you ever find yourself in a situation where your little child is not so patiently waiting for dinner and needs a few more minutes […]

Each month of parenting during a pandemic brings with it many questions that parents never thought they would have to ask themselves. Will my child […]

When my son was about four years old, he loved to play the same game with me. Well, not really a game; more like the […]

I’ll make a scene: Your child is playing an online multiplayer game on their tablet, computer, or other electronic device. It’s also time for lunch, […]

Overnight stays and pandemics are actually incompatible. It’s a wonderful child’s rite of passage, with all that pizza eating, soda drinking, watching movies, and giggling […]

To understand the often unspoken depths of growing up in a sexist and racist society, you just need to become a parent and decide that […]

PBS Kids and Sesame Street continue to provide opportunities for parents to talk to their children about race and racism. Two specials –PBS KIDS Talk […]

There is a reason why parents insist that children wear helmets when riding bicycles or scooters, and why many have become more hesitant before signing […]

I’m kidding. The photo is a joke, I’m not here to suggest that you store baby drinkers by rubbing them between two tree trunks. It […]