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Inspiration

A Perfect Attendance Trophy is Still a Trophy

by Kathy Sisson

As my husband and I finished sorting through our childhood boxes, I set my perfect attendance trophy in the “keeps” section. I’d earned it.

Wellbeing

What You Need to Know About Protecting Your Kid From Identity Theft

by Alyssa Colton

With their squeaky-clean credit histories, our children’s data are the crown jewels to identity thieves.

Wellbeing

The Not-So-Selfish Question Parents of a Sexually Abused Child Are Afraid to Ask

by Joanna Evans

Your child is protected and receiving counseling. You are left with a big, old vacuum. What about me?

Wellbeing

How Kids Can Cope With Stress in Our Unpredictable New Reality

by Whitney Stewart

This practice gives kids strategies for developing self-awareness, improving mental focus, handling emotions, and increasing kindness and empathy.

Learning

Picture Books That Teach Self-Confidence and Individuality

by ParentCo.

How do we talk to our children about being comfortable in their own skin? These books can help.

Wellbeing

Lessons From Dyeing My Hair Blue

by Sarah Bregel

As a mother who sometimes screams, who is unsure of herself, I’m still practicing how to accept my own imperfections. My own failings.

Parenthood

Treat Your Kids Like You Want Your Grandkids to Be Treated

by ParentCo.

Unsurprisingly, it turns out that how people are treated as kids impacts how they treat their own kids.

Wellbeing

According to Study, This Personality Trait Might Bully-Proof Your Kid

by ParentCo.

Researchers have identified one key personality trait can mean the difference between bouncing back from bullying and being incapacitated by it.

Parenthood

That Fish Is Going to Be Caught: Determination or Stubbornness

by ParentCo.

Seeing your child try to accomplish something without your help is not stubbornness, that is "determination."

Parenthood

What It's Like Parenting With Hearing Aids

by Karen Szabo

The worry didn’t stem from passing my hearing loss along, it stemmed from the idea that I wouldn't hear my kid.

Learning

New Science on Parents' Baby Talk May Transform How Kids' Learn in the Future

by ParentCo.

The data collected will help researchers understand what kind of speech keeps a baby’s attention, which could improve how we teach them.

Wellbeing

Surviving the Common Cold: What the Research Says

by ParentCo.

While everyone has a cold treatment they swear by, scientific research has its own favorites. Here are a few therapies the data does (and doesn’t) support.

Pregnancy

No Son of Mine...

by ParentCo.

Before I broadly bash modern-day childrearing, allow me to point a finger squarely at the mirror. I do not want my son to follow in my flawed footsteps.

Wellbeing

The Social Spookiness of Halloween

by ParentCo.

Lessons about crossing dark streets, waiting for others to catch up, and sharing goodies emerge from this strange and spooky holiday.

Wellbeing

Who Decides What Makes a Toy "Safe"?

by ParentCo.

Wellbeing

Illness and Family Dynamics: What Happens When We Get Sick?

by ParentCo.

It’s what we do as a society when we or our children get sick that highlights a lack of flexibility in our lives.

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Parenthood

Tonight's Lights Out Struggle

by ParentCo.

The light flicked on again. I stop and stare at the shining coming through the bottom of the door. “How can he still be awake?” I ask my husband.

Parenthood

Why Bad Behavior Is Not Synonymous With Bad Kids

by Sanya Pelini

Your kid’s behavior is neither driven by “badness” nor is it a sign of bad parenting. Rather, it’s a sign that you’re not speaking the same language.

Inspiration

Finding Moksha in a Charm Bracelet

by ParentCo.

On an October afternoon uncharacteristically bleak for the Andamans, I got the call that Maa was critically ill. Before I could book my ticket, she was gone.