Dear Cal: Advice To My Teenage Daughter (Part 2)
A couple of life lessons I have (not) learned and want to pass on to my 13-year-old daughter, Cal, before she enters high school about basic life preparedness.
A couple of life lessons I have (not) learned and want to pass on to my 13-year-old daughter, Cal, before she enters high school about basic life preparedness.
A dry, itchy, flakey scalp is even less fun when it’s attached to your preschooler.
An expectant mom is trying anticipate the balance between her need and wanting of help from her own mom and her husband’s need to private family time on the second time around.
I’ve volunteered to teach personal finance classes to teens. This is what I want teens to know about how credit cards work before they go off to college:
When potty-training isn’t going well, is there ever a point where you should just pack it in and go back to diapers?
When should my toddler move from a crib to a toddler or big-kid bed?
Tired of “expert” advice on readying your high schooler to get into a top college? Me, too. I like realism, and a non-stressed kid. Here’s my take.
A mom of three is having a very hard time deciphering her 8 month old’s sleep schedule after several months of trying. There’s no pattern and she needs help establishing a routine that is predictable for her family.
Is talking about the Internet the new Sex Talk? I think about this a lot already, ESPECIALLY as a parent who blogs and uses an array of social networks and shares quite a bit about my life online.
My nine year old daughter is a perfectionist.
This past six week marking period she got her first ever B. She stomped up to her room and slammed the door. It hadn’t occurred to me before this that perhaps being a perfectionist had a negative side.
A first-time mom (FTM) needs some general newborn sleep advice but more specifically wants to know about our love for the magic that is the crib soother.
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?
Honesty is the best policy, but I routine lie to my teenagers on one very important point… and I’m going to keep doing it, too.
The latest in our ongoing series of Can This Grandparent Be Trusted To Babysit? Communication is key– voicing your concerns and having an honest conversation may be the key for building a healthy babysitting relationship.
Maybe the question isn’t why some kids are bullies, but rather why the rest of the kids are not stepping up to stop it.
Out of the blue a toddler has started throwing tantrums during bathtime and gets unreasonably upset. Is this typcial and what can his parents do?
A reader wants to know the value of putting a label on a struggling older child, or does it even matter? I have strong opinions on this one.
A toddler is throwing temper tantrums in the car on the longish daily commute home from daycare and her mom wants to nip this in the bud for parenting and safety reasons.
A bunch of DIY Valentine’s Day card ideas that are simple and fun for you and the kids to make to share with friends, classmates, and loved ones.
Snow globes are such fun. Here’s a tutorial for Waterless Snow Globes. So easy to make, even a kid could do it!