How Thinking Like a 10-Year-Old Helped Me Buy a House
Breaking the cycle of poverty is no easy task. But looking to our kids for inspiration can give the strength and means to do just that.
Flaming Gobs of Goo: What My Son’s Campout Taught Me About Fear and Freedom
My family believes in old-fashioned summers. We limit TV and electronics, but we indulge in junk food, late-night swims, sleeping in, and long, lazy days around the pool. We don’t usually take adva...
Start to Finish: Climbing the 46 High Peaks With My Dad
Over the course of climbing 46 Adirondack mountains together, a daughter learns to find her way on the trail, and in life, with her dad.
Dear Mom and Dad: I Was Raped and Couldn't Tell You
You parented the best you knew how, but coming to you at the time I needed you most didn't feel like an option.
How to Be Just Like Hermione Granger
One of the greatest young feminists of our time, Hermione Granger, is a terrific role model for our little girls.
9 Thoughtful Ways to Raise an Entrepreneur
April Cornell, founder of the clothing and textiles company of the same name, on how to encourage your future worker to blaze her own trail as an entrepreneur.
8 Ways You Can Support Kids in Foster Care - and Help End Human Trafficking
Kids in foster care are fighting an uphill battle. We can help beat the odds stacked against them in several ways.
Breathing Lessons: How My Paralyzed Daughter Taught Me to Stay Afloat
A mother recounts the heartbreaking, yet fiercely determined path of her paralyzed daughter.
What Happens When the Parent is the Picky Eater?
It's not always the parent trying to coax the kid into eating more adventurous eating. Some of us are raising tiny incarnations of Anthony Bourdain.
6 Things You Absolutely Should Not Do in the School Pick-Up Line
It's a delicate dance, this school pick up line. We've all got places to be, so for the love of pete, don't muck it up for the rest of us.
7 Ways My Dogs Are Helping Me Raise Better Humans
There are many lessons to be learned from the furry creatures we share our home with- love, kindness, understanding (and cleaning up poop) to name a few.
What We Learned About Being Poor From Living in a Camper Van
It's no instagram-worthy #vanliving trek. But there's a lot to be learned from traveling around in an old, weathered Winebago.
Being in Your 30s is Pretty Great, Here's Why
Even when the previous decade was full of excitement and freedom, most of which is gone now, life in your 30s can still be pretty fantastic.
Odd Jobs: My Life as a Juggler and Father of Two
Jason Tardy, a dad, but also a traveling performing artist who specializes in high energy juggling and self-described "offbeat comedy."
Rosie Pope on Successfully Managing a Business and a Big Family
Designer, entrepreneur, TV personality, and mother of four, Rosie Pope has been pumping pregnancy and motherhood full of style for nearly a decade. In 2008, after finding it difficult to shop for s...
All of the Angels Are Home Now
9/11. This is the day my child will call his birthday. This day, always and rightfully enshrouded by the collective grief of a whole nation.
Rediscovering the Simple, Timeless Message of Winnie-the-Pooh
When I was six-years-old, four six-inch tall stuffed toys arrived with a bubbling hot, deep-dish pie from the new Pizza Hut that opened within walking distance of our house in New Jersey. “They we...
12 Ways to Ensure Your Kid is More Important Than Your Phone
Parents don’t need more guilt. We know we need to put our phones away. But that's often easier said than done. Here are simple tips to make it work.
Smallest Baby Ever Recorded Growing Healthy Say Doctors
Baby Emilia was delivered at 26 weeks after doctors feared she wasn’t getting enough nutrition, and at 8 ounces, some experts believe she’s the lightest preemie ever born. "Even children with a bi...
6 Dumb Mistakes We All Make Before Becoming Parents
Looking back, there are things that never even occurred to me before I had a baby of my own.
How to Stick Up For Yourself Like a Toddler
You know who knows what they want and aren't afraid to get/demand/steam roll you for it? Toddlers. Maybe it's time we adults took a page from their book.
Think Outside the Bun: 3 New Ways to Love Hot Dogs
Think outside the bun and cook up these three new hot dog recipes for your kids or your next cookout.
Odd Jobs: My Life as a Carnival Worker and Mother of Three
I love to learn people’s stories – to find out what brought them to all the moments in time that led to the present. As parents, I think it's particularly important for us to listen to these storie...
WE Movement Co-Founder Craig Kielburger Can Help You Raise Service-Oriented Kids
An interview with Craig Kielburger about the ways his organization, WE Movement, is helping kids experience the life-changing power of giving back.