5 Links: World's Worst Mom, Glitter Bombs, Evermotion
1 - The never ending debate about kids safety vs independence became a reality show from Discovery Life. Go behind the scenes with the New York Times article "Parenting Advice From ‘America’s Worst...
Take an Internet Field Trip: 5 Links to Share With Your Kids
Share great links with your kids on an Internet Field Trip curated for Parent Co by Today Box, a website designed for curious kids.
Girls Play Baseball: Lessons From Youtube
Girls can't play baseball? Hold it right there, grasshopper. A few days after Christmas, we slowly started relocating the gifts that remained under the tree to their proper resting places. Among th...
Couples Therapy Will Make You Better Parents
Last week I talked about a few of the reasons I think you need couples therapy. Now I’d like to expound on one that I’d place in the “So Obvious it Hurts My Feelings” category: Going to therapy tog...
The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up, Week 1: Clothes
Less Clutter, More Joy There was a time in my life when I lived out of a suitcase. I lived in Italy for a year and carried only the bare necessities with me. It surprised me how easy it was for me...
Everything you wanted to know about podcasting but didn’t feel like Googling.
Looking Back at the Most Popular Baby Names of 2015
Need help naming your baby? Choose from one the most popular names of 2015. #dumpcake
Need to Know: Invisibilia Podcast
Busy parents Need to Know, so every week we highlight one album, book, app, movie or show that's about blow up. More. Perhaps you’ve already heard about Invisibilia, the latest blockbuster podcast...
Oscar-Nominated Movies You Can Watch From Home
Several people suggested that we share Julie Whitaker's article "2015 Oscar-Nominated Movies You Can Watch From Home." After all, it's usually difficult for parents (especially of younger children)...
Parents of the 80's- An interview from the future
I recently sparked a debate with my mother when I suggested that just maybe parenting these days is more difficult than when she raised me. Sure, the improvements in disposable diapers alone give a...
You could pull out a box of mac and cheese. But you're taking it the extra mile and cooking a slammin' dinner. Here are some kid-friendly tunes to blast while you make it happen.
In a world where people un-ironically name their children Unique and produce enough bizarre maternity photo shoots to provide fodder for entire blogs dedicated to the genre, it's hard to believe th...
5 Links: Screentime, Bedtime Reading, Kid App Trends
Trendy topics last week included the importance of reading to kids, and the potential overuse of technology by children. Over on Medium, Gary Vaynerchuk writes "I refuse to limit or restrict hours...
Football, Sportsmanship & Learning What You Teach
No one in our house is fanatical about pro football (we’ve never prayed for our team, for example.) However, hanging out with a game on TV is relaxing part of our winter weekends. I (mostly) enjoy...
Or, Why You Need Couple's Therapy (Hint: because you’re human.) You don’t know everything. You own up to this human imperfection every time you call on a mechanic to fix your car or a plumber to a...
There are at least as many blogs dedicated to kid's crafts as there are specks of glitter strewn throughout my house. (My daughter is three, so you can imagine the carnage.) There are plenty of fan...
3 Things I Learned by Transitioning from SAHM to Working Mom
Recently I've made the monumental shift from stay-at-home mom to full time career lady.
Need to Know: The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up
Life clutters easily with two working parents and a young child. We toss around the word "systems" a lot in our home.
They're up. They're out. They're almost out of your hands. Take those last moments of the morning to rock out together.
How Old-School Toys Can Help Our Kids Practice Mindfulness
What if mindfulness could be simply found in a toy from our own childhood – one that does not require batteries or hi-tech remote controls or sensors?
How Parents Unwittingly Nurture Patriarchy
Since Harvey Weinstein – and countless other prominent men – have been outed as sexual predators (at worst) and clueless misogynists (at best), adults are more frequently giving our daughters empow...
Family Rituals: Coffee with my toddler
Since becoming a parent, the first words out of my mouth each morning, 9 times out of 10 are "just let me get my coffee first". In our small house, we have three different ways to brew a perfect cu...
Beyond the Photo Studio: 3 Ways to Make Real Moments
Consider these few things to build a rich collection of memories.