The first 12 weeks of a baby’s life are often called the 4th Trimester because your newborn isn’t quite ready to be out of the womb yet, and their new world can be quite overwhelming and overstimulating. It is...
The birds and the bees are going to fly into our children’s lives at some point. How will they enter?
As a tenured teacher new to 5th grade curriculum, I attended a "puberty talk" training. That training prepared me to...
Over the course of the past seven-going-on-eight years that one or both of my two daughters have been students at a public K-5 in San Francisco, I’ve chaperoned my fair share of school field trips. Being a chaperone is...
This post is in partnership with The Escape Game.
We are always looking for things to do with our teenagers and an opportunity to go to The Escape Game near Fisherman's Wharf was the perfect chance to show them that we are...
As a Mental Health professional in the Bay Area, I see children and teens with a wide array of issues, however one disturbing trend is how malicious kids are to each other. Every week, I meet with school age...
My husband and I both agreed early on that we wanted to find out the sex of our baby. While I have several friends who are incredibly happy to have waited until their babies were born for the big...
Dr. Seuss’s Birthday is March 2, so there's no better time to talk about reading! I have to thank Dr. Seuss for his wonderful children's books that have helped instill a love of reading in my son and so...
My youngest daughter is a “lovey” kid. If you have one, you know what I mean: the child who forms an early, seemingly random yet unwavering attachment to a toy or object that becomes an indispensable member of the...
I haven’t put my child online yet. I don’t want my husband to post photos of him, or our relatives, no one. I am ambivalent because I miss out in sharing his milestones with others and because I passively...
A typical nuclear family comprises the main breadwinner and the caretaker who’s in charge of the children and the household. Both must perform equally for the greater good of the family. Raising children has almost always required that construct.
Conventionally,...
Around SFBA
Best Gifts for Him – 2025 Holiday Gift Guide
What to get the special fellows in your life? We've got it covered! Here's to the husbands, boyfriends, fathers, grandpas, brothers, buddies,...
