I got my ears pierced when I was 10. My aunt took me to Claire’s at the mall, where I browsed a display of…

As far as being a parent, I can boast very few untarnished wins—namely, they are: 1) making my daughter believe…

You knew it was coming eventually, now, suddenly, your child is a teen, and everything about you is annoying or…

A few years ago, my mother-in-law bought some reading and math workbooks for my six-year-old daughter. When I asked…

A few years ago, when touring various preschools for my daughter, I visited one where I had the chance to observe…

It started as the lip-syncing app Musical.ly, then it was rebranded in 2018 as TikTok, before being slapped with a $5…

As you bask in the final weeks of summer, here’s something I’m sure you’re thinking about: flu shots. They’re…

If you’ve ever seen something unusual on your kid’s skin, you’ve likely turned to the internet for guidance as you…

We are at a stage with our infant son where every unexplained expression of discontentment is met with the…

I don’t read a lot of ebooks with my kid, but I can certainly appreciate the convenience of them. They’re fantastic…

You can’t read your kid’s mind. If you could, you would know that his new favorite color just became turquoise, even…

If I’m trying to help my six-year-old daughter Maggie become a more organized thinker, my instruction seems to be…

One thing I don’t like about homework for young kids is the fact that after they’ve just spent a whole day sitting…

If you haven’t picked up a controller in a while, you might see your kids’ video games as mindless fun, or as their…

Every time we go to my friend Anna’s house, she puts a plate of fruit out for the kids. Plums, Asian pears, melons.…

My daughter never had a problem wearing bibs—in fact, I always considered the ones with the food-catching pockets to…

As the mother of a six-year-old, my phone is filled with contacts such as “Mary LeilasMom” and “Dana MaddiesDad.”…

If you’re home with young children and have work to do, I’m sorry. This is hard. There’s no denying that. You’ll…

After many lessons, my six-year-old daughter is becoming a proficient swimmer. She can tread water, retrieve toys at…

For the uninitiated, camping with small children may seem like a dramatic dinner party story waiting to happen.…