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Readers Share Who Actually Showed Up As Their Village
I asked readers a simple question a few weeks back: who actually showed up as your village, not…
Why Your Child Covers Their Ears At Everyday Sounds
My daughter clamps her hands over her ears at sounds other kids barely seem to notice, and I’ve…
Signs You Might Be Favoring One Child (And How To Fix It)
A parent in my community admitted, quietly, that she’d noticed herself being consistently softer with one of her…
A Letter About Who You’re Becoming, Written While I Still Notice
I caught a glimpse of my daughter’s personality shifting again recently, subtly but unmistakably, and wanted to write…
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Real Parents Share What Actually Helped With Tantrums
I asked my community a simple question a while back: what actually helped with tantrums, once you stopped…
Signs You Might Be Favoring One Child (And How To Fix It)
A parent in my community admitted, quietly, that she’d noticed herself being consistently softer with one of her…
When Kids Actually Start Understanding Consequences
I used to explain consequences to my daughter in ways I now realize were completely beyond what she…
What Parenting a 7-Year-Old Actually Looks Like
My nephew turned seven recently, and my sister described the stage as genuinely different from anything that came…
Worth a read today
When Your Child Says They Don’t Want To Go To School
My daughter announced one morning, with complete and total conviction, that she simply wasn’t going to school anymore,…
Helping Your Older Child Adjust To a New Baby
Helping your older child adjust to a new baby, easing jealousy and regression while protecting the sibling relationship.
Self-Care For Moms Who Don’t Have an Hour To Spare
Every self-care article I found assumed an hour I genuinely didn’t have, until I started looking for what…
A Letter To My Newborn, Written In the First Sleepless Weeks
I found this, unfinished, in an old notes app folder recently, written somewhere around three in the morning…
How To Explain Death To a Child Honestly
The first time my daughter asked directly whether I was going to die someday, I fumbled through an answer I still don’t…
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Helping Your Child Through Starting a New School
My daughter had two weeks of stomach aches leading up to switching preschools, even though the actual first…
Helping Kids Cope With Grief In a Way They Understand
My daughter’s first real experience with loss was our elderly cat, and I remember standing in the kitchen…
Family Game Night Ideas Kids Actually Want To Play
Our first attempt at family game night lasted eleven minutes before someone cried over a lost turn and…
Holiday Traditions That Kids Actually Remember
The holidays used to stress me out before I had a kid, if you can believe that. Too…
A Letter To My Child, Written During a Hard Season
We’re in a genuinely hard stretch right now, the kind that doesn’t have an easy fix or a…
What the ‘Terrible Twos’ Actually Are, and Aren’t
Everyone warned me about the terrible twos with such genuine, palpable dread that I braced myself for something…
18-Month Milestones: What’s Actually Expected
I found myself deep in a search rabbit hole about 18-month milestones after my daughter suddenly stopped saying…
When Toddlers Stop Napping, and What To Do About It
My daughter dropped her nap seemingly overnight, and the sudden loss of that daily quiet stretch hit me…
The Unfiltered Truth About Life With a Toddler
Someone asked what having a toddler is “really like,” and I gave the honest version instead of the…