Lessons From Dyeing My Hair Blue
As a mother who sometimes screams, who is unsure of herself, I’m still practicing how to accept my own imperfections. My own failings.
Treat Your Kids Like You Want Your Grandkids to Be Treated
Unsurprisingly, it turns out that how people are treated as kids impacts how they treat their own kids.
According to Study, This Personality Trait Might Bully-Proof Your Kid
Researchers have identified one key personality trait can mean the difference between bouncing back from bullying and being incapacitated by it.
That Fish Is Going to Be Caught: Determination or Stubbornness
Seeing your child try to accomplish something without your help is not stubbornness, that is "determination."
What It's Like Parenting With Hearing Aids
The worry didn’t stem from passing my hearing loss along, it stemmed from the idea that I wouldn't hear my kid.
New Science on Parents' Baby Talk May Transform How Kids' Learn in the Future
The data collected will help researchers understand what kind of speech keeps a baby’s attention, which could improve how we teach them.
Surviving the Common Cold: What the Research Says
While everyone has a cold treatment they swear by, scientific research has its own favorites. Here are a few therapies the data does (and doesn’t) support.
Before I broadly bash modern-day childrearing, allow me to point a finger squarely at the mirror. I do not want my son to follow in my flawed footsteps.
The Social Spookiness of Halloween
Lessons about crossing dark streets, waiting for others to catch up, and sharing goodies emerge from this strange and spooky holiday.
Who Decides What Makes a Toy "Safe"?
Last spring, Target recalled over a half-million water-absorbing toys, including Hatch and Grow Easter Eggs. The story was one of those rare political unifiers. Commenters on Fox News' coverage wer...
Illness and Family Dynamics: What Happens When We Get Sick?
It’s what we do as a society when we or our children get sick that highlights a lack of flexibility in our lives.
The light flicked on again. I stop and stare at the shining coming through the bottom of the door. “How can he still be awake?” I ask my husband.
Why Bad Behavior Is Not Synonymous With Bad Kids
Your kid’s behavior is neither driven by “badness” nor is it a sign of bad parenting. Rather, it’s a sign that you’re not speaking the same language.
Finding Moksha in a Charm Bracelet
On an October afternoon uncharacteristically bleak for the Andamans, I got the call that Maa was critically ill. Before I could book my ticket, she was gone.
What Harry Potter Teaches Us About Mindfulness
Relate the strategies and techniques of mindfulness to the perennial favorite, "Harry Potter," and you've got a whole new set of tools.
The Easiest Thing You Can do to Improve Kids' Eyesight
Scientists have now found a fascinating link between the amount of time children spend outside and their eyesight.
What Are We Apologizing for When We Apologize for Our Kids?
What am I really sorry for? I’m sorry for the times I have apologized for things they cannot help. Like being an energetic, wiggly kid.
Teaching Children to Carry On, Through Grief
Last fall, as our beloved family dog faded quickly into his final weeks, I tried to prepare my children gently for his passing.
Life Lessons From the Sidelines
My boy has helped me to redefine strength. He has helped me see what it really means to be determined and resilient.
Why I’m Determined to Live a Fearless Life
I no longer trusted that my feet would land in the right place, and I stopped all of my leaping and swinging and flipping and turning.
Top 10 'Must Haves' for First Time Dads
This list will offer some valuable insight into one of the most amazing and terrifying experiences of your entire life.
Catching Glimpses of a Man in My Teenage Son
I knew it would go quick, but still my mind could never fathom, never fully grasp that this baby would someday become a man.
This is a submission in our monthly contest. October’s theme is Determination. What a mundane word: determination. Used so casually to describe the driving force behind menial tasks. “Sure took a l...
How My Relationship With My Father Influenced My Tenacity
Maybe he was never home because his work was the main thing putting a roof over our heads. He didn’t speak English, nor did he have a college degree.