Parenting and Advice
Teen
5 Tips for Parents About To Send Their Kids Off to College
As your child prepares to head off to college, here are a few important steps you can take to help them succeed and give yourself peace of mind.
Just For Fun
The Night I Realized Our Bedtime Read-Alouds Were Coming to an End
Bedtime reading is woven into the fabric of my family and into my identity as a parent. I never thought this, too, was something that would be outgrown.
Grown-Up Reads
10 Books To Help You Survive the First Year of Parenthood
These great parenting books can help you navigate the ups and downs of your first year as a parent, from sleep training and feeding your little one to finding time and energy for yourself.
Grown-Up Reads
Tips & Advice
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up My Kids’ Bookshelves
Can children really embrace Marie Kondo’s rules of decluttering? My kids and I tested her methods on our disorganized bookshelves.
Just For Fun
Can Kids Embrace JOMO, Too? They Can — with Books!
Reading might just be the ideal approach to disengaging with FOMO and embracing JOMO, or the Joy of Missing Out, for book fans of all ages.
Grown-Up Reads
Why Moms and Dads Need to Read How to Be a Happier Parent
KJ Dell’Antonia’s How to Be a Happier Parent held a lot of promise for me, given the season of parenting I’m in right now, and it delivered.
Growing Reader
Tween
Strategies to Improve Kids’ Nonfiction Reading Comprehension
Since nonfiction comprises a large bulk of middle school and high school reading, it’s essential we help them learn specific nonfiction reading comprehension strategies.
Tips & Advice
Helpful Ways to Support Your ADHD Child’s Reading Journey
Dr. Sharon Saline shares some important steps parents can take to help their ADHD child overcome challenges related to reading.
Grown-Up Reads
8 Nonfiction Books About Single Parenthood
These reads from and about single parents can answer different needs and questions, enlighten, and — perhaps most important — make “single” feel less “alone.”
Just For Fun
My Kid Won’t Read the Books I Pick Out for Her Anymore and It’s Bumming Me Out
One father comes to terms with his conflicted feelings about his daughter’s quiet transition to making reading decisions on her own.
Tips & Advice
How to Help Kids Overcome Perfectionism
Unhealthy perfectionism inhibits children’s exploration, creativity, and personal growth. Fortunately, good books and helpful feedback from adults can work together to help our kids overcome this limiting mindset.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
What To Do When Your Child Is Not Kind
Dr. Thomas Lickona shares parenting strategies that can help parents and caregivers struggling with a child who is often unkind.
