Family & Parenting

Taking your toddler to the pool is a summertime rite of passage for many families, and these days, it’s the only way to make the sweltering heat we’re dealing with feel the least bit bearable until the record-high temps finally break. But apparently, even two-year-old kids aren’t free from patriarchal double standards, as evidenced by […]

Kids’ birthday parties feel like an unavoidable part of life once you become a parent, becoming the centerpiece for plenty of families’ weekends for several years at a time. One TikTok mom is noting what she feels is a change in “birthday party etiquette,” where the guest of honor no longer opens their gifts in

If your evening and weekend hours are largely spent schlepping your kids and all their sports gear to far-flung locations, one mom is with you, lamenting the loss of rec sports. TikTok mom Alli is so over the ultra-competitive nature of travel sports, arguing that it eliminates fun and free time for kids who just

On my ride to the café this morning, I sat behind a woman and small boy of about five or six, deep in discussion about the trains they would be riding today. As an expat and native English-speaker living in Switzerland, I was practicing my German by eavesdropping. Conversations between adults and young kids are

As I watched my toddler, spoon in hand, dive into his bowl of cereal with the unearned confidence present in many 2-year-olds, I was struck by the chaotic beauty of the mess—yes, you read that correctly. Before you roll your eyes, allow me a moment to explain: There’s an undeniable joy in watching your child’s

When now 28-year-old Emily Elizabeth Creighton’s mom, Amy Astrauskas, was dying, she had one wish. In 2021, Astrauskas was battling Stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer and she didn’t have a positive prognosis. Knowing she likely wouldn’t live to walk her then-single daughter down the aisle, Astrauskas, who loved to plan and host events, wanted to

According to recent data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the infant mortality rate in the U.S. is on the rise for the first time in decades. The data covers deaths of babies under a year old, with 20,577 U.S. infants dying in 2022 alone. Researchers noted 5.6 infant deaths for

Babies truly are sponges, and one new mom is showing how easily communication in all forms can come to little ones. Mara McCullough, a mom from St. Augustine, Florida, has been sharing videos of her six-month-old daughter Jane having the absolute best time learning to communicate with her grandparents, both of whom are deaf. And

There are few things more heartbreaking for a parent than leaving a child who’s not ready to go with another caregiver. It’s natural for young kids to feel separation anxiety during school or daycare drop off—they’re wired to use attachment as a literal means of survival—but that fact doesn’t make a clingy drop-off any less

Let’s face it: shopping for school uniforms isn’t exactly at the top of anyone’s “fun summer activities” list. But unless you’re planning to send your kid to school in last year’s too-short pants and a shirt with mysterious stains (no judgment here), it’s a task we’ve got to tackle. Where to buy school uniforms The