Highlights
Play It Cool If Your Toddler Falls and Looks At You
It’s hard not to wince when you see someone fall, hit their head, or run into someone. When a child does it, they’ll usually look to an adult to see how they should react. For this reason, it’s best to keep it cool. In reply to a user who asks [...]
What’s Left After The Children Have Grown?
LATELY, I’ve been having some trouble figuring out exactly who I am. Or, more precisely, who I will be going forward. Parts of me have changed over the years. But my core identity has not budged in three decades. I’m a mother. Children Have Grown With my youngest son about to [...]
How To Handle a Phone ‘Addict’ Child?
On the heels of two large Apple investors urging the company to address kids’ phone addiction, many parents may be wondering: How do I know if my child is addicted to his or her smartphone? And how can I prevent problematic overuse? There are reasons for concern. A 2016 survey [...]
How Grieving Can Make It Better
Although many of us are able to speak frankly about death, we still have a lot to learn about dealing wisely with its aftermath: grief, the natural reaction to loss of a loved one. Relatively few of us know what to say or do that can be truly helpful to [...]
Tips On Traveling With Children
Some people say you should do all your adventurous travel before you settle down and have kids. Well, now you have kids. Does that mean you can't have any more adventures? Absolutely not. Adventure travel can mean different things to different families. For some, it's a short hike at a [...]
Family That Eats Together, Stays Together
Eating together as a family is more important today than in the past because there are more competing distractions, more choices of activities outside the home, and a constant bombardment of information from modern technology. During the day most of us are out in the community mixing with all kinds [...]
