A baby who previously would fall asleep easily can now only do so in the arms of her mom and no one else. The parents are on the brink of hiring an expensive sleep trainer. Can something be done first?
A great summer doesn’t have to mean big or epic summer road or beach trips . Sometimes, you can find its essence in small and unexpected places.
A reader asks how to help a teen stick out a difficult activity when the other kids are making things unpleasant.
A mom needs help making a career decision that will impact how she spends time with her kids and outsources some caregiving duties. She turns to Amalah for advice.
These paper flowers with your kids’ smiling faces and sweet thank you notes make for great Teacher Appreciation and Year-End teacher gifts.
The decision to own a pool is not one to be taken lightly, so I have a few simple questions to help you figure out if it’s right for your family.
A toddler is refusing to nap but clearly still needs it. Amalah thinks there’s really another common sleep issue at work here.
It seems like there was supposed to be an immediate shift, somewhere in the whole turning-18-and-graduating-high-school thing. But life is full of moments.
A personalized DIY graduation gift that is easy peasy to make.
A mom writes in for help with her previously champion sleeper who can now take up to 2 hours falling asleep on his own in his big kid bed.
How do you handle a toddler who has become very effective at stalling bedtime?
When a kid is getting bullied, there are times when parents and educators need to get involved. Because children often need to be taught kindness.
As we ever-so-gently force my youngest to get behind the wheel, he’s learning he’s more capable than he thought, and I’m delighting in watching him do so.
Spend more time yelling, “Whee!” and less time planning your day with our handy dandy list of Universal Orlando must-dos and secret tips.
A mom needs advice because her toddler persistently challenging behavior at home is causing for chronic unhappiness and stress for the entire family.
An expectant mom needs help sorting out her toddler’s nap schedule without too much disruption especially before the new baby arrives. Which is basically any minute now.
Graduation is almost here, and so are all of the feelings that accompany it. Time to make a to-do list and focus on that, I guess.
Has a new study REALLY established a link between swaddling and SIDS? Let’s ignore the scary headlines and take a deeper look.
Have a kid or kids crazy for baseball? Tis the season. We’ve got a cute baseball-themed lunch box idea perfect for school or for noshing in the stands during practice.
Great and free last minute Mother’s Day gifts for mom… coupons for what she really wants.
A reader wants to know how you teach kids to study when they’re resistant to doing so. This may not be the answer she wants, but it’s all I’ve got.
How do you teach your kid how to tie their shoes?
My youngest is about to embark on a new adventure: college (as a dual-enrolled high schooler)! It’s weird and wonderful and scary and awesome.
What do you do if your three year old just won’t sit on the potty when you want to toilet-train her for preschool in September, when she’ll be four already?
We’ve created a series of Mother’s Day cards that celebrate powerful, strong, fabulous women but they’re also so much fun.
What makes these beaded windchimes extra special (besides that your kid(s) helped craft them) is that dangling at the bottom are “picture jewels,” or images of your kid(s).
Those generic “what to buy for your college freshman” lists are missing some key items for our kids coping with ADHD. I’ve got some additions for that list.
Parents have gone back to work after their paternity and maternity leaves and are concerned that their older toddler daughter is too aggressive with her new sibling and has been generally too defiant. Is this new behavior something to be concerned about or typical given the changes at home?
Oh, those halcyon final days of high school when… your college-bound teen knows everything and you’re just stupid. Yeah. Um. Take a deep breath.
A mom to a toddler thinks her daughter’s father is a wonderful co-parent but not a great partner. She’s wondering whether her unhappiness is a result of relationship growing pains or a bigger problem.
A fun and personalized Earth Day craft for kids… DIY globe ornaments.
I am trying to welcome this new phase. After 20 months of breastfeeding, letting go of the latch is both hard and good.
While a child’s 18th birthday is a big deal no matter what, it’s especially meaningful to our family that our once-struggling kid is now, finally, thriving.
Recycle those Spring catalogs while spending quality time with the kids making some pretty postcards to send to loved ones during an Earth Day crafting party.
A mom wants to start a behavior reward chart for her toddler with whom she’s been working on staying in her own bed all night. At what age do you start one and how do you begin?
Recipe for how to make spaghetti and meatballs, a great meal all kids should know how to make before leaving home!
Some kids are joiners. Some are not. So how do you know when to push a kid to do more activities?
A young child just won’t stay in his bed no matter what his parents try and it’s clear that fear of staying in his bed alone is at the root of the problem.
I tell stories for a living, but we all tell stories to ourselves and others all day long. How can we learn to make them ones that work for us?
Earth Day is April 22 and we’ve created some cute cupcake toppers for your “Earth” cupcakes. Happy Earth Day!
A toddler is irrationally fearful of having her finger and toe nails clipped. Her parents have tried everything. What else can they do to help her over this fear?
A reader asks what the deal is with “gender fluidity” among teens; why is it on the rise, and how should we respond to it?
Yes, we know it’s important to spend one-on-one time with our kids, but how the heck do we really do that?
A mom needs strategies to help her toddler who is going through a normal biting phase when with other kids at the playground.
A lifetime of nagging my children in the name of “helping” is coming to a close, because we all need me to back off. It’s hard, but I’m working on it.
A toddler is making really good progress on potty training just as her family is about to hit the road on vacation. The parents disagree on whether they should continue with the potty training plan. Amalah weighs in.
The idea of sleep away camp can become a very thorny issue in a marriage when one parent loves the idea and one definitely does not.
Even though we’ve been incredibly lucky to have a great teacher in our lives as long as we have, saying goodbye is never easy.
