Parenting and Advice
Baby & Toddler
5 Gorgeous Quotes About Parenthood from Bunny Roo, I Love You
Each of these gorgeous illustrations from Bunny Roo, I Love You will make you think of your babies, whether they’re a few months old or now have babies of their own.
Baby & Toddler
Easy Activities That Help Babies Grow Up Smart
Stephen Camarata, Ph.D. shares some simple, fun activities that can help parents raise smarter, happier, and healthier babies.
Tween
Teen
Why Txtng Is OK for Kids ☺
You’ve likely heard that texting is destroying our children’s ability to communicate. But what if texting is enhancing the language rather than destroying it?
Pre-K
Growing Reader
How to Help Ease Your Child's First Day of School Jitters
Author Natasha Wing shares tips to help kids open up about their feelings about starting school for the first time or returning to a new grade.
Grown-Up Reads
Seize the (Small) Moment: Author Laura Vanderkam Explores How Working Women Can Make Time for the Things That Matter
Laura Vanderkam, author of I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time, reveals how successful women really spend their time, and shares some terrific time-management tricks.
Tips & Advice
How to Get Back on the Reading Wagon
If you've fallen off the reading wagon, remember that it’s never too late to hop right back on. Here are five ways my family got back on track.
Just For Fun
Lies I’ve Told My Kid While Reading
Here are just a few of the lies I’ve told my beautiful, trusting daughter while we were reading together. (Don’t judge me.)
Tips & Advice
Putting My Monkey to Bed: The Sleep Time Struggles and Successes That Inspired My Latest Story
Author Gennifer Choldenko's son loved playing, crawling, building, and climbing; what he didn’t love was sleeping.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
9 Books to Help Kids Manage Their Fears and Phobias
Fear comes in many shapes and sizes. Thankfully, there are some great books available to help kids with their fears and phobias.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Reality Is Overrated: 5 Completely Insane Books You Should Read with Your Kid
Here are some of my favorite books for young readers where science and fantasy lose their minds and the odd and outlandish soar to weird new heights.
Grown-Up Reads
Blame the Book: Parenting by Decade
If you’re a parent today, you’ve likely been shaped by both the books and parenting ideologies of your parents and those of today.
Grown-Up Reads
Adopting a Child with Special Needs: 5 Books to Help Along the Way
When parenting my child felt like being alone in an unstable little boat, out on choppy waters during a dark night, these books were like lighthouses.