You should be able to trust your pediatrician—but you need to know what to do if something seems off.
By this weekend, you could be free from diapers forever.
If recent history has taught parents—especially white parents—anything, it’s that we need to talk with our kids more…
When you’re towing a kid in a new city without a car, it can be tempting to strap him in an Uber of Lyft—sans car…
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…
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.”…