Parenting

Congratulations, you have a baby! You are about to experience overwhelming love and wonder at the miracle that a real, live human baby really did just emerge from your body. You are also in for a whole lot of...

So, what is unschooling? Unschooling is actually a term coined by John Holt in the '70s. Much like other things, it is a rather flexible term but the general idea is that learning happens without a curriculum. Unschooling is often...

Discover where to find book clubs for kids and teens in the San Francisco Bay Area. We’ll cover everything from library groups to outdoor summer readings.

Did you catch our founder Kelly sharing back to school tips for parents on KRON 4 News' online channel, KRONon?  Keep your stress level low during this busy time of year by following her 7 tips:  Stop shopping Make...

Today I was in my bedroom finishing up a brief phone call when I heard swooshhhhh, swooshhhhh coming from the bathroom. About twenty minutes earlier, both my kids had taken those (rather large) plastic cups into the bathroom to bathe...

I was convinced this time would be different. I was sure I was having a girl. The Chinese Gender Prediction test, the ring test, and every other gender test I found on the internet said it would be a...

  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...

In the area where I live, testing starts in preschool. Kids at the mere age of 3 undergo rigorous academic and social testing for acceptance into prestigious preschools. As a child psychiatrist, I don’t typically see these kids in...

Milestones are something that are on your mind from the moment your child is born (if not before). First smile, first tooth, first sleeping through the night, first walk, first words . . . but as kids get older,...

There’s a sentence we parents repeat silently to ourselves throughout those extra-challenging parenting moments: “This is only a phase.”  Well, it turns out that same phrase applies to another realm of child-rearing. I’m talking about the Stuff with a capital...