coronavirus

How to help kids adjust to *so* much screen time

When your preschooler has a busier Zoom schedule than you do, you might be a bit worried.

What went viral this week: A mom’s accidental cosplay + Hilary Duff’s new hair 😂

Stories about kindness + creativity are giving us strength this week.

Your first birthday isn’t canceled, my baby

Regardless of the toll this pandemic has and will continue to bring to the world, you deserve to be celebrated.

This viral video shows the courage of our health care workers

These are the people keeping us safe right now, and we need to see them.

My 4-year-old recovered from COVID-19—and here’s what I want you to know

"Please take this virus seriously—it is no joke."

Mothers don’t want to just go back to ‘normal’—they want better

85% of mothers do not believe that our society does a good job supporting them—and that statistic is from when we were just living normal life.

This former Disney Channel star says she’s joining the COVID-19 front lines as a Registered Nurse

While kids are watching her on TV she's hoping to save lives in the real world.

30+ ways your family can help spread kindness right now

Doing good helps you feel good.

JLo doesn’t understand her kid’s ‘new math’ either

Homeschooling is tricky for all of us—even celebrities.

The parents are not all right

Everyone is grieving and struggling right now. When I'm not pulling my hair out, I'm trying to be grateful that I am with my family, they are healthy and safe, and I am not enduring this period in total isolation. But this pandemic is highlighting all that is wrong with our systems set up to support families.

I’m finally in my final stage of quarantine grief: Acceptance

The quarantine will end eventually, but I can't say when exactly. What I can say with certainty that once the ban is lifted, many of these lessons we've learned during this time will stay with us forever.

The results are in from the largest study on kids + COVID-19 to date

These new findings back up data from an earlier study about COVID-19 and kids in China.

This viral post is helping parents everywhere think differently about their kids’ progress during this pandemic

What if our kids are not behind—they're actually ahead?

I’m grieving the third trimester I thought I would have

Hospital tours, baby shower, birth class—all canceled.

How to stretch your dollars—and other important money moves to make right now, mama

A few phone calls can put some money back in your pocket fast.

Preemie parents knew all about ‘social distancing’ well before COVID-19

After months of watching our son struggle to breathe in the NICU, we lived in constant fear that one of us would bring home an illness that would land him back in the hospital on a ventilator.

Here’s how to make that viral ‘whipped coffee’ you’re seeing everywhere

It reminds us of an upside-down cappuccino.

The one thing getting me through coronavirus? My faith

This time in our lives has caused me to lean into my faith in God like never before.

Pink tested positive for COVID-19 (and has recovered)

Now she's donating $1 million to fight coronavirus.

I wasn’t meant to be a teacher—but I am trying my best

I was functioning in a constant state of worry as I tried to accept this "new normal" that wasn't normal at all. My new "not normal" role was that of: hybrid mom/teacher.