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I always imagined that I would have a son — but, instead of sons, I had three daughters. And from the time they came into the world, bright pink and bawling, I never looked back, not even for a moment.
It turns out fun is not folly — it’s actually the rich stuff that holds us all together. As the old saying goes: Families who play together, stay together.
We chatted with Arianna Huffington, author of The Sleep Revolution, about sleep for parents, bedtime reading, her lifelong love of words, and more.
When my son entered middle school, I made some mistakes in my efforts to ensure he continued to read for fun. Now, my family is working together to correct them.
Whether you’ve stayed at home with your children for a couple of years or a couple of decades, there are unique challenges to returning to work. Here are some books that can help along the way.
Every parent and child fights — and these guidelines from negotiation expert Dr. Shapiro can help moms and dads resolve conflicts with kids of all ages.
Becoming a gran exhilarated me with a new purpose. The change was so big and granular and unexpected, I wanted to understand it. So I took out my reporter’s notepad and a tape recorder and set off on a journey, a quest, to find out what was happening to me.
As I began to read, the smell of the books and the words of the poem truly made me teary. I could remember my mom reading it to me. I could remember each and every line after all these years.
We asked Brightly readers to share the best bits of wisdom passed down to them by their moms. These were some of the best answers we heard.
These sweet, funny, and oh-so-real animal facts prove that there are parenting lessons to be found among all species — humans, bees, and sharks alike.
I can sometimes be an impatient, scatterbrained, distracted parent. But when I'm at the library with my children, I feel certain I’m getting this one thing right.
Reading is one of the most complex cognitive tasks we ask our brains to do, and it brings together a wide range of interacting skills that takes years to develop.
