Parenting

I'd always heard that people make bizarre comments to pregnant women and new moms, but I was wholly unprepared for the kind of comments I'd get with twins (not to mention the touching!). Here are some of the things...

We participate in Amazon’s Affiliate Program. We asked our contributors to share one of their child’s all-time favorite toys to help you build a holiday gift list that will be a hit. After all, toys are expensive, and if we’re buying...

Before I had my child I thought I knew what it was to be fully present, but I realized that I was still rushing, still getting to the next destination, and still always trying to achieve more per moment...

There are some great child travel safety products out there, but are there any to protect unborn babies? I recently tried out a Tummy Shield™, which is a seat belt positioner to use while pregnant. The Tummy Shield™ protects the...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEjmcO5f_uc&feature=youtu.be We recently sat down with Lynne Azarchi, Executive Director of Kidsbridge Tolerance Center and author of THE EMPATHY ADVANTAGE. One statement she said really stood out; “racism is learned early; by the age of three, children accept racism and...

What should I ask during the preschool visit? As first-time parents embark on the journey of finding the preschool that best fits their family needs, they don’t always know what information they need to ask the school as the experience...

The one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 lockdown is coming up, and children have become restless. Although some of them have gone back to in-person classes, a large number of students continue to do remote learning. Most after-class activities have...

When my toddler son started throwing toys, I had no idea how to respond at first. I knew that he was not old enough to exhibit perfect self-control and that it was developmentally normal for him to experiment with...

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...

Have you always dreamt of having a dual language-speaking family? I grew up on the central coast of California as a first-generation Mexican American, and there everyone seemed to speak two languages. Later, when I moved to San Francisco,...