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04/04/19

Why Parents Should Teach their Boys About Feminism Right from the Start

Telling your kids things like “that’s a girl color” or “you can’t play with a boy toy” is not only bad feminism, it’s lousy parenting.

03/20/19

How to Not Hate Doing Your Taxes

If you haven’t already done your taxes, you’re probably the kind of person who waits for a sign. Like for your kids to miraculously take a 3-hour nap, or, you know, an overdue notice from the IRS to come in the mail.

03/12/19

10 Tricks for Surviving Stuck-at-Home Days with your Kids

Since spring break is coming up, I thought my homeschooling friend would be an excellent person to share a few tricks for keeping her kids happy, occupied and off their iPads.

03/07/19

15 Books About Badass Women that Every Boy and Girl Should Read

These books are far from all the books out there about amazing women; they just happen to be the ones that line our bookshelves at home, and as result, have had the biggest impact on my girls.

03/01/19

How to Promote Healthy Sibling Relationships

Sibling relationships teach us how to share, resolve conflict, play cooperatively and develop emotions such as empathy. Plus, as a parent, there is no greater joy than watching your kids play nicely together.

02/25/19

40 Potential Jobs for Kids Who Love Coding

Mazzy has a new love in her life. It’s coding. Now, instead of using her screen time to watch shows on YouTube, she wants to use her time to make digital illustrations and program them to move.

02/13/19

15 Books that Teach Kids to Love Themselves

This list of books feature kids dealing with naysayers, bullies and their own self doubt. Each story teaches our children how to be comfortable in their own skin and love themselves unconditionally.

02/07/19

How to Help Your Child Navigate Negative Friendships

As our children get older, we have less control over the decisions they make in their friendships, which can be challenging when your child is spending time with someone who you feel may be a bad influence.

02/06/19

20 More Children’s Books with Diverse Main Characters

In a culture where so many parents, even well-meaning ones, struggle to figure out how to approach topics of race with their kids, I think books make it much easier to start to the conversation.

01/16/19

11 Children’s Books Featuring Non-traditional Families

The broad meaning of “family” is a focal point of the kindergarten curriculum at Mazzy and Harlow’s school, which I think sets the tone for both self acceptance and acceptance of others.

01/09/19

How to Help Your Child Navigate Self-Doubt

There are few things harder for a parent than watching your child lose confidence. Although we can’t “fix” our child’s self-esteem, we can give them tools to better navigate their frustrations.

01/03/19

Happy Imperfect New Year

This year, when it came to getting the family dressed up for holiday photos, I just wasn’t feeling it.

12/14/18

12 of the Most Annoying Things that Happen When Your Kid Comes Down with a Cold

We’re heading into winter, which means you’re gonna need to put on your puffy jackets, find some indoor activities and everybody’s gonna get sick.

12/05/18

20 Children’s Books with Diverse Main Characters

In our library, we try to have books that use diverse characters in whatever story is being told, not just as supporting players, but as the heroes too.

11/29/18

All Your Pelvic Floor Questions Answered by an Expert

“I lived with pelvic floor issues for years because I was too embarrassed to discuss it. When I finally saw a therapist, I learned that my issues were very common and there was a lot I could do to fix it.”