Parenting

We moms have had some pretty intense conversations with our children over the last few months. We’ve had to talk about why we can no longer go to school, the museum, playground, to a friend’s or even to visit...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywi3ianWCUI We spent some time talking to Dr. Bethany Cook, a Clinical Psychologist, Health Service Psychologist, and a Board Certified Music Therapist, about ways to take mental breaks. What started out as a conversation about mental breaks for parents, quickly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goOmKWIbbgA SFBAM recently talked with Dr. Michael Goran, PhD. - Co-director of the USC Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute and professor of pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles - about all things sugar, including newly-released studies showing Type...

In the generation of the overwhelmingly influential social platform- tik tok, it's refreshing to see a startup push other creative options for children to express themselves beyond dancing video challenges. From my perspective, TikTok teaches our children how to...

In a world often bustling with competition and urgency, teaching kindness to children may seem like an optional soft skill. However, it’s quite the opposite. Kindness, as it turns out, is a critical component of our social fabric and...

You’ve probably seen this guy: He seems a little muted, like he’s holding something in, like he’s operating on autopilot so he doesn’t have to deal with whatever is happening inside. Society has taught him from an early age...

When we sleep trained our daughter, Sara, on any given evening you could find me just outside her bedroom door hunched over the baby monitor with a glass of wine and a steady flow of tears, both hers and...

Editor’s Note: This video is part of the ongoing allergy series in partnership with Columbia Allergy. To learn more about allergies, eczema, and related topics, please refer to our Allergy Guide! All babies have sensitive skin, but some babies could be even more...

Growing up, my mama made school lunches for all three of us girls. When I was in elementary school, lunch primarily consisted of a sandwich, canned fruit, Ruffles potato chips, a cookie, and a juice box. Sometimes, my mama would...

In a former life, I was an enterprise software saleswoman for a startup in Silicon Valley (yes, the HBO show is largely accurate!).  It was and still is a darling of a company—loved by investors, customers and employees. I...