Photo: Lesley Photograph (Shutterstock) The prevailing societal trend in parenting in the 1960s was based on the open, understanding style of baby guru Dr. Benjamin Spock, but there was a…

Photo: Lopolo (Shutterstock) One of the toughest parts about being a parent is parenting while sick. Unlike work, where, at least in theory, you can take a day off to…

Last year, like many new parents, I was walking the extreme tightrope of keeping my young child healthy and happy. When my daughter left the stages of infancy into becoming…

Photo: Drazen Zigic (Shutterstock) OK, not all families all the time (this was the latchkey kid era, after all). But in general, there was once a greater emphasis on family…

Photo: vanko80 (Shutterstock) Dating someone with kids is a big deal. No matter how excited you might feel about your burgeoning relationship, the fact remains—your new love interest is already…

Photo: myboys.me (Shutterstock) Is it possible to get a child to actually do the thing you asked them to do the first time you asked them to do it? Some…

Photo: Kamira (Shutterstock) The day-to-day obstacles of adolescence are ridiculous compared to grown-ass adult problems, but as satisfying as it might seem in the moment, it does not help to…

Photo: Mcimage (Shutterstock) Getting a toddler to eat anything other than chicken nuggets and French fries can feel like a superhuman, almost mythical feat of parenting. Sure, you know they…

Photo: True Touch Lifestyle (Shutterstock) If you have parented children—especially young ones—during the past two years of the pandemic, you are likely feeling, shall we say, tired. All parents have…

Photo: TinnaPong (Shutterstock) While most people have the capacity to have empathy, to put themselves in someone else’s shoes and feel what they feel, empaths feel other people’s feelings or…