My kids were ready for college. They weren’t quite ready for adulthood.
Last week, a friend asked if I knew of any jobs for her recent…
ChatGPT for Teens is live. Here’s how famed parenting expert Emily Oster says parents should approach it.
OpenAI seems to have solved the problem of adolescents lying about their age: if…
I replaced Spotify with CDs for my 8-year-old. It’s one parenting decision I haven’t regretted.
Lately, I have been filling our home with piles and piles of CDs.I'm not…
When parenting advice becomes too much
Before Rosie Whitfield became a mum, she imagined herself parenting very calm children. "Then…
As a young mom, I micromanaged my son because I cared too much about what people thought. I wish I had stopped sooner.
For years, I checked my son's grades as if they held a hidden message…
My son has had screen time since he was 3 months old. I see it as a necessity for parenting.
It's a cloudy afternoon and my 2-year-old is watching "The Lego Movie," while my…
I thought character clothes were tacky. My toddler reminded me that his clothes weren’t actually about me.
At the very top of the bin that holds my three boys' shoes sits…
Raising 4 kids is wearing me down. I’m looking forward to connecting with them as adults.
I had four kids before I realized parenting wasn't for me.I'm kidding, of course,…
I’m an American mom raising 2 kids in Italy. Parenting here is completely different.
I was born and raised in New York City and moved to Italy when…
New school, new challenges: How parents can help children dettle into secondary school
Home as a safe base The home can play an important role in determining…
Going Full Circle: Traditional Parenting Comes Back in Style
Parenting trends move every few decades, but traditional boundary-setting is making a major comeback.…
The modern parenting throuple: Mom, Dad, and Papa Clanker
Molly and Sean Morse agree that they want their 5-year-old daughter to be ready…
Don’t outsource the best parts of parenting to AI
There are a lot of things about parenting that are unpleasant drudgery.There's the obvious…
Parenting teenagers comes with a strange sense of finality. A family vacation reminded me to enjoy every moment.
I had no idea that the last bedtime story I read my kids would…
I tried to be a ’90s butter mom.’ I’m now a more present parent, but it also reminded me that social media is idealized.
My parenting style can be described as a tired mother, trying her best.My approach…
We started praising our toddler more. The results made us rethink our parenting approach.
Modern parenting advice seems to be to limit how much you praise your child.Nothing…
