Parenting and Advice
Pre-K
Growing Reader
6 Ways to Help Children Manage Anxiety in New Situations
When your child has to face something new, here are some concrete steps you can take as a parent to help ease them in.
All Ages
Let's Stop Labeling Books as "Boy Books" or "Girl Books"
The sad truth is that we often assume books with male protagonists are for everyone, and books with female leads are only for girls.
Pre-K
Goodbyes Are Hard: A Mother's Many Feelings at School Drop-Off
Ariella Prince Guttman reflects on the odd mix of emotions around school drop-off that inspired her heartwarming new picture book Wherever You'll Be.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Emily Oster on Making Data-Driven Decisions for Your Family
Will you redshirt your summer baby? How do you pick the right summer camp? With less data about the early school years than you might expect, Emily Oster's new parenting book provides parents with a framework for making complex decisions that affect the whole family.
Tips & Advice
How Books Can Help With Bedtime Challenges
From too much screen time to your child not being tired enough to sleep, there are endless obstacles when it comes to getting your little ones to bed on time. Luckily, books can help!
Tips & Advice
Bedtime Routines From the Brightly Community
Thanks to our wonderful community, we’ve rounded up a few different ways our readers prepare their little ones for bed!
Tips & Advice
How to Put the Kids to Bed and Enjoy Your Evening
Bedtime can be one of the toughest times of the day — but it is also one of the most important times for children. Here are three tips for making bedtime a little easier, so you can enjoy some much deserved "me time."
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Books To Help Start Conversations Around Bodily Autonomy and Consent
These picture books are a perfect jumping-off point for discussions about bodies, personal space, and tricky situations and help our kids feel empowered to advocate for themselves and talk to us about these topics.
Tips & Advice
Raising Responsible Boys: 8 Books to Help Along the Way
Nowadays, our goal as parents is to raise kind and caring kids who grow up into kind and caring adults. The way we parent boys needs to evolve in ways that foster their growth in the right direction.
Tips & Advice
Books on Autism That Inform, Advise, and Empower
These books on autism show how diagnosis and treatment have progressed, how advocacy helps, and what may lie ahead for ASD children and adults.
Tips & Advice
Adam Gidwitz on the Magic of Telling Stories to Your Child
After Adam Gidwitz's daughter had a frightful encounter with a fire alarm, he began to tell her stories — true stories about her experience. Over many months of telling that story, some magical things started to happen.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
4 Tips to Help Blended Families Connect
Blending a family doesn’t happen overnight. It's our job as parents to cut up the process into chewable moments to nurture a sense of safety that can ripen into feelings of family. Here are four tips to help blended families connect.
