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Parenting

The tantrum is not about you, mama—it’s just a tantrum

The tantrum is not an attack on your parenting. It’s just a tantrum.

Motherly Stories

This stage will pass—so savor it, mama

Motherhood goes by in the blink of an eye.

Parenting

To all the teachers and homeschooling moms out there: I bow down

When I volunteer in my daughter’s class I inevitably ask her teacher if she goes home at night and drinks a bottle of tequila.

Parenting

3 easy steps to help you to handle the next toddler challenge

1. Acknowledge. 2. Connect. 3. Teach. You got this, mama.

Parenting

The preschool graduation speech I wish I could give

“You need to learn how to read and write and do math. It would also be helpful if you could fix wireless routers.”

Parenting

5 DIY activities to discover the world with your curious tot

Super easy activities to promote cognitive development. We could call them “lazy,” but we prefer “energy efficient.”

Baby Learn & Play

Now the fun really begins: How to play with your curious 8-month-old

Expert tips to teach & play with your blossoming baby. 

Parenting

Is that normal? How to stop worrying about baby milestones

On the road of parenthood, there will be many twists and turns. Embrace it—for your child’s benefit and yours, mama.

Parenting

Should I have another baby? 5 questions to ask before growing your family

When baby fever strikes again, as yourself these questions.

Parenting

Summer means change. Make the transition easy for your toddler.

4 ways to make the transition to summer smooth for your toddler (and you!)

Parenting

How to leave gender assumptions behind—and love your unique child

Your message to your child, both implicitly and explicitly, should always be: “Any way you are is OK."

Parenting

The ‘sensational’ tot: Recognizing—and dealing with—Sensory Processing Disorder

Worried something might be amiss with your child’s developing senses? Learn the ins-and-outs of SPD.

Parenting

4 ways to encourage independent play for baby’s benefit—and yours

You have enough to do without being your tot’s source of entertainment 24/7. It’s time to let baby take the lead.

Parenting

3 expert tips for improving your tot’s speech clarity

One speech-language pathologist weighs in on how to better understand your perplexing tot.

Parenting

4 expert ways to boost your toddler’s language skills

A speech-language pathologist dishes on the best ways to get your toddler talking.

Parenting

3 key ways you can raise a happy, confident child—with your praise

Learn to praise the process—less than the person. 

Parenting

Q&A with author, Heather Shumaker, on why it’s OK to go up the slide

Easy rules for raising creative and confident children.

Parenting

6 fun activities to inspire your tot’s creativity

Spark your little one's budding imagination with a few crazy-easy ideas.

Parenting

Baby on the go! 8 things that happen when your child starts to walk

2. Even if you don’t support baby leashes, you begin to understand why people use them.

Child

8 ways to discipline with authority—and love

Hint: It’s okay to say no.