Our son is young enough that any concerns about him being naked around the house relate to his lack of potty training, but in many households clothes are optional for kids - sometimes to the constern...
Kari Byron is busting myths and old wives' tales in this piece at Pregnancy Magazine's blog. (Does spicy food trigger labor?) What else is abuzz in the Parenting blogosphere? A debunking of fat...
Etsy sensation and stay at home mom was recently featured over at The Storque and had has worked her son Brayden into every part of her daily life. She gets a a great deal accomplished for her busin...
We were interested in this essay over at Babble that asks this question. Even if you are strongly against your child watching television before age 2, what about the Internet? It starts out innocent...
Putting on shoes, putting away toys, learning to use utensils, helping out around the house: these are all skills that require telling your left from your right. But learning to distinguish one direc...
When my niece lost her first tooth, my brother, like so many generations of parents before him, suggested that she put it under her pillow for the tooth fairy, who would take the tooth and leave her s...
A friend recently announced her second pregnancy and she wasn't exactly...joyful. It was unplanned and her first child is not yet a year old. She's beginning to wrap her head around the idea and i...
Ever since Jaime Morrison Curtis' daughter was born, she's been keeping a blog cataloging all the advice she wants to make sure she has under her belt before going out into the world. There's also m...
For me, summer means having stepkids at home (who otherwise live in a different state). Making the shift from a kid-free zone to full-on parenting with spatial adjustments is not necessarily easy, but...
Even if you aren't inclined to make this fabulous hanging letter writing center (which Future Craft Collective authors are sharing instructions for on Craft), there are great ideas in their post for...
This gave us a chuckle - Lithuanian dad uses secret weapon (the lure of his laptop) to coach his son to victory in this baby race. (Our son could totally give this kid a run for his money with eit...
My mom always used to tell me that only boring people got bored. I believed her and definitely didn't want to be boring. It seems I haven't uttered those words since childhood (or maybe I just assign ...
That's the headline. The moral of the story: don't fall asleep while you've got an auction site open on your computer, or you may wake up to find your toddler has made one very large purpose- a $12,...
We'd read this book if we weren't too busy being idle. Actually The Idle Parent by Tom Hodgkinson hasn't been published in the US yet, but we did read a few excerpts on Slate and are finding oursel...
One of the best things we can offer friends (especially those who are parents) is help during the most chaotic and stressful life moments. Packing and moving with a baby or child in your life is most ...
Being huge lovers of mac n' cheese in all its delicious forms, we definitely stopped to see what this provocative headline was all about. The article by Cathy Arnst is a review of a new book by Dr....
You might joke that your kid is "addicted" to video games, but is this actually possible? Unfortunately, yes, say researchers studying whether gaming can be considered a true behavioral addiction l...
Along with parenting comes Mother's Day. Cool Mom Picks has her 2009 Gift Guide out to peruse so you can start dropping a few hints... From homemade baby food to budgeting, see what else is goin...
When we saw the article headline Do Parents Matter? our eyes and brain came to a screeching halt. "Well I should hope so!" we thought. The article was an interview with Judith Rich Harris, author ...
"I was scrolling through family photos on my computer, admiring my two beautiful babies, when I spotted a disturbing trend: My laptop was open in almost all of the pictures. There's my daughter, at 8...
In the second half of our pregnancy the nurse at our doctor's office always asked if the baby was kicking a lot and at first we thought she was just being friendly. Then we realized she was asking ...
Many parents feel strongly about the whole Baby/TV debate, but what about babies and other technology? Here's a one year old using an iPhone to look at photos. Cute? ...
Do you share a bedroom with your baby? There are many complications with this arrangement, but for many parents it's a necessity. In addition to light and noise disturbing your child's sleep, anot...
"...we told our daughter that we didn’t expect her grandfather to fix his own truck and then give it to her for free. It’s not like he’s an exec at AIG or anything. There’s no money tree in hi...
click thumbnails for larger pics We stumbled upon Pacing the Panic Room and Porch-Light Pictures this weekend, where Cole Marshall has given her husband Ryan permission to write candidly and vividly ...
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