Brave AND Scared: Saluting The Chick-fil-A Mom and Son
If you haven't seen this video yet (below), you're in for a lovely couple of minutes: Utah mom Stephanie Read read The Anxious Generation, got to the chapters we helped...
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE PASSES “REASONABLE CHILDHOOD INDEPENDENCE” LAW
Last year Brittany Patterson was arrested there when her son walked to the store Just a few months after Georgia mom Brittany Patterson was arrested for not knowing that her...
My Kid Fell Out of My Arms and Needed Brain Surgery! Can I Ever Be Normal Again???
Find out! Ten years ago, I got this letter from a mom who’d been through…a lot: Dear Lenore: I consider myself a fairly laid back mama, and I’m always of...
Where Do Mall Rats Go When They Can’t Go to the Mall?
We talk a lot here about how much kids need some time on their own. And we encourage parents – depending on their neighborhood, the age of their kids, yada...
Nicole Cooper is a dietician who became a police officer. Not a career path you see every day! Now she teaches at a police academy in Northern California and is...
Are Birthrates Down Because Parenting Demands are Up?
Many a truth is to be found in a Reddit rant. Here’s one that really got us thinking by a Redditor named KnightErrant21. He was happy to allow us to...
Stop Turning Every Parenting Moment Into a Pop Quiz
Parents Magazine's "5 Ways to Support Your Child's Preschool Curriculum" is not just annoying; it is WRONG. So, is the whole idea it’s pushing: Kids are dumb as dumplings and...
Here’s the wise note from a mom who remains anonymous – and a little nervous. This, she notes, is the human condition. It’s a condition that cannot be changed, even...
My theory: One reason parents/teachers/adults are spending so much time hovering over kids is that they are spending so much time hovering over kids. What I mean is: It’s a...
Child, 5, Cooks for Whole Family (And Becomes World Famous)
Just how capable are kids? Super capable. Astoundingly capable. Unbelievably capable – when they're allowed (or required) to rise to the occasion. So, from time to time, it makes sense...
3 Pieces of Advice for the Mom of a Scared 4th Grader
From time to time, we get asked for advice on when to let go/let grow. Often, the query involves a difference of opinion between husband and wife. But the issue...
