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18 memes about virtual school that parents need right now

18 memes about virtual school that parents need right now

Jessica Pollack

Parenting Reboot: How to Rein In Some of the Bad Habits Caused by COVID

Parenting Reboot: How to Rein In Some of the Bad Habits Caused by COVID

Samantha Kemp-Jackson

I swore off sex after I had kids

I swore off sex after I had kids

There was a time when I would throw up a little in my mouth when my husband touched me. Slowly but surely, we brought sexy back.

Today's Parent

Why I never hide my period from my two young sons

Why I never hide my period from my two young sons

Alex Mlynek

Your messy house doesn't mean you don't measure up as a new mom

Your messy house doesn't mean you don't measure up as a new mom

I was so afraid of being judged for my messy house, I chose loneliness at a time when I needed companionship so much.

Nicole Johnson

11 gender terms to know when talking to your kids

11 gender terms to know when talking to your kids

Learning these gender terms now will help when you have discussions with your kids later. Here's a breakdown of some key concepts.

S. Bear Bergman

I quit my job to help save the earth for my kid

I quit my job to help save the earth for my kid

Deniers try to claim that informing kids about the climate change crisis amounts to child abuse. But child abuse would be doing nothing to prevent it.

Joshua Ostroff

10 ways to defuse a power struggle

10 ways to defuse a power struggle

Parenting educator and psychotherapist Andrea Nair offers up these genius tricks for avoiding and managing pint-sized attempts at household domination.

Andrea Nair

Parenting my way through an anxiety disorder

Parenting my way through an anxiety disorder

Chris Deacon

An age-by-age guide to talking to your kids about gender

An age-by-age guide to talking to your kids about gender

S. Bear Bergman

7 ways early motherhood is not at all what I expected

7 ways early motherhood is not at all what I expected

When I first looked into my baby’s eyes seven months ago I was over the moon with joy—and blissfully unaware of what was to come.

Micaela Hardy-Moffat

How to Explain Christmas to your Jewish Kid

How to Explain Christmas to your Jewish Kid

Whatever holidays you might celebrate, Santa envy is real. Here are some helpful tips for how to deal with Christmas when you don’t do Christmas.

Stephanie Gilman

How to get your toddler to wear winter clothes

How to get your toddler to wear winter clothes

Teresa Pitman

It’s the biggest test of my life—raising two kids after my husband died

It’s the biggest test of my life—raising two kids after my husband died

In the months since my husband died, my two kids and I have been struggling and learning as we try to rebuild our life as Jon would’ve wanted us to.

Nancy Westaway

My six-year-old’s questions about Christmas have me seriously stumped

My six-year-old’s questions about Christmas have me seriously stumped

It seems fundamentally wrong to say that something’s real with the intention of, later down the road, revealing it was all just one big, fat, jolly lie.

Anne Thériault

How to Teach Saving and Spending to Kids as Young as Three Years Old

How to Teach Saving and Spending to Kids as Young as Three Years Old

Tessa Mazachowsky and Caitlin Mahy

Whatever, haters: I'm LOVING coming up with Elf on the Shelf ideas

Whatever, haters: I'm LOVING coming up with Elf on the Shelf ideas

It's possible the novelty might wear off. But for now, it’s boatloads of fun, and gives us all something extra to look forward to in the mornings.

Christine Persaud

I'm raising my kids as non-believers

I'm raising my kids as non-believers

We never told our kids Santa was coming down the chimney because he wasn't. Every family needs to decide how to tell kids about Santa.

Kendra Stanton Lee

Food banks: What they need, what they don't

Food banks: What they need, what they don't

Check out which food and toiletry items food banks need most before donating goods to your local food bank, homeless shelter, or soup kitchen

Alex Mlynek

These six things make being a 'good parent' impossible

These six things make being a 'good parent' impossible

In an excerpt from Olivia Scobie's book, Impossible Parenting, she outlines six internal expectations that hold parents back from believing that they're doing a good job.

Olivia Scobie