When you become a parent, you get used to everyone around you giving you conflicting advice. If you co-sleep, you’ll never get them out of your bedroom. If your baby sleeps in a nursery, you’ll struggle to breastfeed. If you try to structure your baby’s day, you’ll drive yourself crazy. And on. And on. And ON. In the face of an overwhelming number of big decisions to make, it’s understandable that parents cling to whatever ...
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So many of us have seen the posts on social media — bizarre and frightening scenarios that challenge us to ask ourselves if we’re just being paranoid, or if there’s something really wrong here. Startling reports of human trafficking on social media made shareable by witnesses who claim to have been part of behavior tied to child abduction and in some cases, sex slavery. The accounts appear to come from areas across ...
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Grandparents. Are. AWESOME. The younger generations are parenting in lots of interesting new ways, but if there’s one thing they all know, it’s that it’s nice to have an experienced and trusted extra set of hands around. But as new studies emerge, parents, doctors, and other scientists are learning a lot about childhood development, and the standards over the years have continued to change. If you’re a grandparent, there’s no need to feel ...
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It’s the rub of having kids that for every solution we come up with, there are ten things to worry about on the other side of it. Tablets, technology, and screen time catch a lot of heat for their downsides, but for many parents, they’re indispensable distractions and educational tools that help families survive the unrealistic demands of a modern world. There is no village. There are just the kids and ...
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Okay, it’s just us — you don’t have to pretend like your preschooler only goes to forest Waldorf school and plays with STEM toys. YouTube is a choice that some parents make and other parents don’t, and we’re cool with that, but it doesn’t have to be all Surprise Eggs and slime tutorials (because whose idea was THAT to teach to a preschooler?). These shows are entertaining, low-caffeine, and 100% non-sketchy, so ...
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