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Parents talking to child who looks like she is having existential crisis

10 ideas for answering your child’s big questions

Big questions show your child trusts you. Here are simple, age-flexible ways to respond with honesty, calm, and connection while building critical thinking skills.

Middle children: An image of three siblings

Middle child syndrome? New study explains why it’s actually a superpower

Does your place in the family shape your personality? A new large-scale study explores how birth order and family size may play a role.

Signs of depression in children and what to do if you’re worried

Depression might look different in a child than it does in an adult.

I never expected to give birth to a mini-you

Your hands, worn in infant size by her. Your toes. The color of her hair—identical to yours as a child. The shape of her chin and the curve of her upper lip. Your placid expression was mirrored by hers as she gazed out at the world in those first months.

You’ll never be this little again

Because today is the littlest each of my babies will be.

When to drop everything + listen to your kids

Let’s get better at recognizing essential moments—those times when your child’s need for love trumps your own agenda.

My daughter—you’re so much more than what you see in the mirror

Beauty comes from something deeper...something not so easily washed away by soap and water.

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