Think using your phone in the car is dangerous but somehow end up doing it anyway? Here’s how to break this reckless addiction.
Concern about keeping young kids safe around a family dog has led to lots of family drama that could have been avoided. Can family peace be restored?
The rails under our dining room table are super sharp. I worry that our grandson is going to split his head open! Any advice?
How do you put together a first aid kit for your college kid? With a little time and thought, and they’ll thank you later.
Unsure about whether 13 Reasons Why on Netflix is okay for your teen? My teen and an educator help me break it down for parents who have concerns.
An expectant mom is right to be concerned about her soon-to-be-born infant being around her non-vaccinated preschooler nieces and nephews. What should she do?
A mom to a kindergartner is asking whether she needs to start talking to her kids about current events now that her child has started school?
Grandma was caught on tape losing her temper while watching her grandkids. A mom asks whether (and, if so, how) she should confront her very sensitive-to-criticism mom about the incident.
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?
Has a new study REALLY established a link between swaddling and SIDS? Let’s ignore the scary headlines and take a deeper look.
I remember my first car accident as a teen like it was yesterday. Who knew it would be a useful memory to help me handle my own kid’s first time?
So you had to fire the nanny or sitter or leave the daycare suddenly. Do you just move on? Or do you write it up so other parents are informed?
Amalah explains the evolution of her change in personal opinion regarding her once safety-focused concern on lavender oil in children’s personal care products.
A reader asks whether it is safe to continue practicing hot yoga now that she’s pregnant.
A reader is worried her young teen son’s girlfriend is a bad influence; there’s lots to unpack, here, but I give it my best shot.
Kids on leashes. Probably one of the top parenting choices all but guaranteed to earn you some judge-y side-eye or comments from strangers, even more so than say, breast- or bottle-feeding in public.
Our new-to-us house is one big adventure zone for this little 2-year-old of mine and as I mentioned earlier, babyproofing is at the top of my current to-do list. Here are my five top tips.
We’ve been talking a lot about teaching your teen to drive ’round here, lately, and so we thought it might be a useful thing to come up with a sample template of parent-teen driving agreement.
in 2013, there were 113 children’s products recalled. Whoa. I couldn’t name one of them. However, Empowered SAFETY does all the legwork for you.
A mom needs encouragement to confront her family about its aggressive dog being around her young children.
