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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...

When Breastfeeding Failed, I Wanted Something to Blame

All things pregnancy, birth, and mothering related rarely turn out as planned. Connecting the dots to figure out why is an exercise in futility.

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 Helping to Raise My Younger Brother Prepared Me to Be a Mom

Caring for a much younger sibling can be some of the best on-the-job parenting experience one can get.

Laila Ali on Identity and Wellness

Laila Ali is a mother, cook, entrepreneur, and world-class athlete. We wanted to know about her experience parenting in the limelight.

More Questions to Ask Your Kids Instead of "How Was Your Day"

An ever growing list of questions to inspire lively family dinners, enjoyable car rides, and engaging conversation with kids and parents of all ages.

The Tricky Business of Teaching Your Daughter to Value Herself

I was 16 when I started clipping images of wedding trousseaus from Eve's Weekly, a magazine my mom subscribed to. I knew the exact decor I wanted and the hairstyle I'd sport when I got married. I a...

Our Own Mortality-How Some Feelings in Children Never Change

My son is experiencing the same fears of death that I did as a child. What should I tell him? As a child, I was terrified of death. It was often in the twilight hours, between the moment of lying ...

How to Potty Train And/Or Lose Your Mind in 3 Days

In just 13 easy steps, you too, could be scraping poop out of a pair of Thomas the Tank Engine underwear in the Target bathroom. Potty training is easy!

This is Why I Hate Going to the Beach With My Kids

Remember when the beach was tranquil and relaxing? Yeah. No more. Not at all. Not even a little bit.

5 Science-Backed Ways to Improve Your Sleep Cycle (and Decrease Depression)

Unhealthy sleep cycles can aggravate depression and anxiety symptoms. These tips can get the whole family in a good nighttime rhythm.

I Didn't Hurt My Son: The Humiliation of Defending Myself to the Social Worker

Kids hurt themselves all the time. But nothing prepares you for being accused of causing an injury.

My Kids Are Growing Up and I Feel Fine

Maybe I'll look back and think differently, but today I'm thankful time is moving forward.

How to Get Your Kids Into a Habit of Community Service

The more kids learn about the hardships of others in the world around them, the more they want to help make it better. And they absolutely can.

Practice, Fail, and Be a Good Sport: What Kids Learn on the Field

When kids participate in youth sports, there are lessons to be learned by athlete and parent alike.

Even If You Don't Own Guns, Talk With Your Kids About Them

Every parent needs to talk with their kids about gun safety - even if they don't own any. Parents need to talk about it too.

The Last Generation Without Internet. What We Can Do

As soon as I saw its title, I couldn't not read what came next: What it feels like to be the last generation to remember life before the internet... “Being in this situation puts us in a privilege...

Cesarean delivery linked to increased risk of obesity

Individuals born by cesarean delivery were 15% more likely to become obese as children than individuals born by vaginal birth -- and the increased risk may persist through adulthood, according to a...

Rename and Rebrand Key to Success for Lab Grown Meats

For years, food technology companies have referred to their products as “cultured” or “lab-grown,” but as these new businesses start to make a first foray into the public eye, they are also pushing...

7 Ways Being a New Mother Is Just Like Being a Teenager

I just ate a candy bar in the bathroom and suddenly realized this new-mom thing is eerily similar to my teenage years.

Your Kid's Annoying Habit of Interrupting Can Save You From Yourself

To be a parent means to be interrupted. Anywhere. Anytime. For pretty much anything. Though trying, it may not be the worst thing after all.

Is the No Snacks Battle Worth Fighting?

Would cutting out snacks really simplify my life and improve my kids' eating habits? Or would they pester me to death before I found out?