7 Pieces of Unsolicited Advice on How to Take Unsolicited Parenting Advice
Nothing makes you a target for unsolicited advice quite like being a pregnant. You don't have to stand around and take it. Here are some alternatives.
What I Want to Say When Friends Announce Their Pregnancy
The news of a pregnancy is obviously exciting, but when you're in the thick of the parenting game, it's hard to hold back the overwhelming truths.
When Friends Phase You Out: That Ageless Conflict
When we see in our daughters the exclusionary and passive aggressive behaviors we recognize from our own friend experiences, it's easy to worry.
10 Ways Fathers Can Help Their Daughters Have a Healthy Body Image
I’ll never forget what a girl in my 9th grade Biology class asked me one day. Clarissa and I had become friends, in a brother-sister kind of way, over the course of the semester as we dissected fr...
Guess What? Being Pregnant Is Not Fun
When asked how my bump was treating me, should I simply nod my head and say fine through pursed lips? Is that what people were expecting to hear?
I Wrote One of The World’s First (and Worst) Viral Posts
I started my freshman year of college in 1997, when social media was not even a glimmer in Mark Zuckerberg’s eye. Many of us set up our first e-mail address at freshman orientation, and our inboxes...
To the Drunk Driver Who Killed My Sister-in-Law
I’m afraid I cannot start this letter off with the standard hello, politely followed by a question asking in regard to your well-being. We both know the answer to that unstated inquiry, as you are ...
Ages and Stages: Finding Calm With Your Turbulent Tween
The pre-adolescent years are chock full of amazing developmental changes for your child; cognitive, physical, and emotional.
Science Explains Why Your Kids Love Watching Unboxing Videos
You can't for the life of you figure out why your kids are hypnotized by a pair of hands taking things out of boxes. But it actually makes sense.
When the world seems fraught with intolerance, death, and darkness, it's easy to reflect back the same. But choosing to face the day with love is possible.
Finding Joy in the Face of Cancer
You'll step up to the parental plate and do something you don't enjoy because your kids need you in a whole new way. And there will be joy in the face of sadness.
When the Coffee is Cold and the Tantrums are Plentiful
In some ways, having two young kids has been easier than just having one at home all day with me.
The Good Kind of Peer Pressure: How Friends Impact Happiness
Peer pressure isn't always a bad thing. Our kids' friends play an important role in their attitude, health, and overall happiness.
When Hiding in the Closet Is the Only Way to Connect With Your Spouse
Some big talks can't wait until the kids are asleep, the house is quiet, and the dishes are done. You've got to tuck yourselves away and figure it out.
What is One of the Greatest Skills to Teach Your Child? How to Pause.
Helping children learn to pause gives them a powerful tool to shape their lives in purposeful ways. But it doesn't always come naturally.
The Holiday Roadtrip: The Car is the Best Place for Dreaming
A multi-state road trip with two kids seems like a recipe for disaster. But with the right preparation and attitude, it makes for some of the best memories.
4 Questionable Behaviors With Surprising Benefits
According to psychologists, you may not be raising a wild career criminal after all.
10 Simple Ways to Raise Kids Who Love to Read
Use these ideas to nurture your family’s love affair with books, and you’ll increase the odds of hooking your kids on a lifetime reading habit.
My Son's Kindergarten Progress Report Reignited My Impostor Syndrome
When nothing less than being the best feels adequate, it can be hard to hear that your kid is simply "good enough."
9 Lies Well-Meaning People Tell You About Becoming a Mom
Although some of the unsolicited advice offered to new moms is spot-on, some is pure revisionist thinking.
How a Returnship Can Help Re-Energize Your Career
A lot of people take extended breaks from the workforce- parents caring for children, adult kids caring for parents. Could returnships be a solution?
Dance, Medicine, Love, and War: An Immigrant Story for Thanksgiving
There’s no better novel than life. I’ve always thought my parents’ immigrant story could make a great romantic novel.
I Finally Stopped Caring What Other People Think of Me as a Parent
When I first started out on my parenting adventure, insecurity and fear of judgment threatened to overwhelm me.
When Anonymous Friends Become Real Friends – And Then Turn on You
To the Women Who Hurt Me: I'm terrified to write this because I'm afraid that one of you might actually see it. But I want you to know that your actions made me cry for days. I sobbed. I lost so ma...