Tag: parenting

By now, you’ve probably seen the Wall Street Journal piece about the chaos of summer camp registration — frantic parents refreshing pages, systems crashing,...

I give single parents the ultimate respect. It is the hardest job I've ever had, and one that, unless you're in it, you can't...

The pacifier. The paci. The binky. The soother. The nuby. The wubbanub. Whatever your family calls it, it is the baby item that causes...

I became a snowplow parent on a literal ski slope, and I still don’t think I should apologize for it. My son wanted to go...

Children today grow up in a world where the internet is woven into nearly every part of their lives—schoolwork, friendships, entertainment, and even identity...

I don’t know about you, but when my kids start fighting, it hits my nervous system like nails on a chalkboard. The raised voices,...

There’s a phrase I say about 47 times a day, and it’s not “I love you” (though, to be clear, I do). It’s not...

I must have been told by my kids a thousand times, "You never admit when you are wrong! You never say you are sorry!"  I...

My kids have taught me a lot about myself that I didn’t previously know or acknowledge. I never before realized, for example, how much...

I'm not going to bore you by going on and on about all the ways motherhood has changed me. You won't hear me erupt...