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A Former Homeschooling Mom Tells All

“Hi, my name is Lisa and I’m a former homeschooler,” I say to my imaginary 12-step support group of parents who survived homeschooling their own kids.

Parenting With OCD: I Want To Vacuum Alone

I have vowed not to let my OCD have the impact on my kids’ lives the way it did on my own childhood.

5 Serious Benefits of Being Silly With Your Kids

Parents should embrace silliness, and be a part of it. Silliness can have positive ramifications for kids in several crucial areas.

5 Reasons Why I'm Done Chaperoning School Field Trips

Get a group of 45+ kids inside a tin box (i.e. a school bus) and the most deafening live concert you've ever attended will seem like a meditation class.

You'll Probably Relate to These 10 Parenting #ProTips

Every time we brought one of our five babies home, no matter how they came to us (two we grew, three we adopted) people wanted to give us advice.

10 Signs You Are Breastfeeding In Public

Breastfeeding is an everyday activity and the single sign it is happening is that there is one less baby crying due to hunger.

How I Found Strength to Make It Through a Weaning Nightmare

What followed from our first weaning attempt is a nightmare, a toddler who wants to suck incessantly, using me for comfort not sustenance.

Raising Kids With a Movement-Based Lifestyle: An Interview with Katy Bowman

The simple truth is that we and our kids spend too much time sitting. But it’s never too late to start a movement-based lifestyle.

Happy Mother's Day - With Teenagers?

On behalf of your teenagers, let me say, "Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. You are doing an amazing job." Pour yourself another cup of coffee and go wake them up. You’ve got Mother’s Day to celebrate!

Wait, What - PLU (People Like Us) Syndrome?

What are we teaching our kids when we so make friendship decisions for them, based on class, socioeconomic status, race, political party, or religion?

A Mouse in the House

Not everyone is qualified to be President. But anyone can give her opinion as to who that person should be. My 8-year-old daughter, for example.

The Parent.co Team Solves Mother's Day

Ed: Today the Parent.co team is gathered to discuss Mother's Day. We have three dads: Mike, Ed, and Justin. And three moms: Angela, Sara, and Autumn. And two women who don't have kids, but do have...

Why "Mama" Has the Same Meaning in Almost Every Language

For most people on Earth, "mama" shares a singular meaning: mother. Here's why.

Two-Minute Warnings Don't Help Kids Transition Away From Screentime

Two-minute warnings may work well in sports, but they don’t, apparently, work for children.

My Kids Have Two Moms To Celebrate On Mother’s Day

My mother-in-law asked my partner and me what we would be doing on Mother’s Day. Our answer: we’ll be mothering on Mother’s Day.

The Best (and Worst) States for Moms to Earn a Paycheck

Which places are doing their best to help moms raise their kids, contribute to the economy, and stay sane all at the same time?

Paradise Lost on a 2-Year-Old

Wherever you go, there you are. With your kids. Bickering at the threshold of The Royal Towers Hotel lobby at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas

To My Preemie: An Apology

You turn one next month. We will celebrate with tears and sadness mingled with the gratefulness and amazement at all we’ve been through this year.

Do This One Thing So Your College Student Can Manage Money

Knowing how to manage money and stay out of debt can alter the future of any adult - especially those just starting out.

Study Shows Men Discount the Distress Cries of Female Babies

We make gender assumptions about babies almost immediately after they are born.

How Consumerism Makes Motherhood Look Like an Expensive Job

I cannot say this enough: motherhood is not just a job for the wealthy. It's a job for a woman who is ready to love her precious child with all that she is.

Instilling grit in kids means being demanding and supportive, AND sometimes letting them quit.

The rule at the “grit” expert Angela Duckworth’s house? You can quit. But you can’t quit on a hard day. Very young kids, she says, should be allowed to explore, even if that means abandoning projec...

Where’s The Pause Button?

I worry that too soon my little girls won’t be little anymore. But there is so much to look forward to between now and then, so many activities to enjoy.