Positive Parenting

The real reason your kids act worse for you than anyone else—and how to help

You must become the emotionally safe place for them to vent and process their emotions.

Girls start learning about gender stereotypes as young as 5

Here’s how we can help them unlearn them.

43% of kids have a parent that works non-traditional hours

About 31 million American kids have a parent who’s working outside standard office hours.

Japanese politician brings her baby to work—sparks nationwide debate

When Yuka Ogata arrived at work with her baby, her male colleagues asked her to leave.

Raising children with kindness—instead of competition—is key to success

Build those empathy muscles.

Why I say ‘I’m sorry’ in front of my kids

Apologizing cleanses my soul and keeps me in check. It humbles me and reminds me that I am not the center of the universe.

Please give this mom a little more grace

When I have to nurse my baby in public, please allow me privacy. 

You’re still in there, mama

Long conversations, nights out with friends, date nights with partners, trips, seeing a new band, and you realize that who you were is still who you are. 

My daughter is everything I ever wanted to be

Her confidence. It is unbroken, yet to be tarnished (god willing never will be) and completely self-generated.

You’re not alone: 1/3 of moms experience mental health issues

According to a new survey by the BBC.

My child—you are worth it all

There are days of exhaustion and desperation. There are days that will leave you gasping for air and for the life you once knew.

I didn’t know everything would change—but I don’t miss the old me

I stopped missing the old me and embraced the new me.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle plan on starting a family ‘in the near future’

The future little royals will be lords or ladies, specifically Lord or Lady (insert adorable baby name) Mountbatten-Windsor.

Birth is just the beginning

Your child’s whole life is in your hands. There is the promise of a future nestled in your arms. And not just that baby’s future, but yours, too.

The 20 lessons I’ve learned in 20 months of motherhood

9. Just like how I had to learn to ask for help, I had to learn to say no to people.

To the mama with the weight of the world on her shoulders

We have a strength inside of ourselves that is unique to mothers.

It’s science: only children are more likely to be creative thinkers

Growing up solo leads to measurable differences in brain development that makes only children think differently than kids with siblings.

Selma Blair has an important message for single moms—you don’t have to do this alone

“It wasn’t until I accepted some help that I could just flourish as a mom,” says Blair.

Chip Gaines shares an important Christmas lesson he taught his kids

They were late to a family dinner but says it was worth it.

The science behind play-fighting—and why it’s not all bad

Commence bear cub-wrestling!