Beyond Date Night: Nurturing Your Partnership Amid Life/Parenting Frenzy
A reader asks for advice on finding the time/ways to focus on her marriage amid the craziness of constant parenting other other life demands. It can be done!
A reader asks for advice on finding the time/ways to focus on her marriage amid the craziness of constant parenting other other life demands. It can be done!
Is gardening really a decent metaphor for raising children? I think it is, in many ways. “You reap what you sow” is only kind of true… and that’s okay.
In our high tech world, kids can FaceTime, text message, and constantly feel connected to their friends. But things get lonely when a best friend is tech free for the summer.
A reader follows-up with Amalah asking her how life looks like now raising three kids.
Recent events in the news are enough to make a rational person want to secede from the human race. How can we make this a learning opportunity for our teens?
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.
Some kids are joiners. Some are not. So how do you know when to push a kid to do more activities?
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?
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 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.
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.
Should you let your kids get Snapchat? This popular app is creative, real and fun but also comes with some big drawbacks.
Want your child to grow up with a healthy, realistic view of sexuality, and to wait until they’re really ready for intimacy? Read on.
Teaching older kids how to make pancakes from scratch is easier than you think. Here’s our tutorial especially for kids; another recipe that kids should know how to cook before they leave home.
Having moved recently to a new neighborhood, football has been on Amalah’s mind and she shares her recent thoughts about her young kids playing contact sports.
There are challenges that come with a big family. Constant comments from strangers and lots of mouths to feed. But there is one challenge I find the hardest.
I finally bought a new car, but is it just a car or the beginning of a bunch of transitions on our way to empty-nest-dom?
It’s once again that magical time of year when you take beautiful photos of your kid screaming her lungs out on Santa’s lap and your children are playing soccer in the house with your favorite tree ornament. There are some universal truths about parenthood – especially during the holidays.
Oh, the irony of parenting: It’s undeniably hard work, and yet most of us are doing entirely too much of the work. And while we might be able to swoop through a room and put toys away in 10 minutes doing that job for them is actually lazy parenting on our part. It’s their responsibility. Kids NEED chores. Here’s your starter’s guide.