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When Your Toddler Starts Running, Chaos Soon Follows

By Mark Fielding

The Adventures of Trying to Bond with My Son During Lockdown

By Kerrie Houston Reightley

The Ever Evolving Role of Church in My Parenting Journey

The Valuable Parenting Lesson The Pandemic Taught Me

By Khaner Walker

The Family Car That Got Us Through

My Son Was Diagnosed With a Rare and Life Threatening Illness. This Is How We're Coping.

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4 Parenting Lessons I Learned on The Appalachian Trail We became the largest family to ever complete a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. Here are four big lessons we learned along the way.

8 Common Phrases Teachers Say at Parent Teacher Conferences, Explained It can be hard to understand certain statements at parent-teacher conferences. I know, because I’m both a parent and a teacher myself.

I'm Not Religious. But I Wouldn't Trade Praying With My Kids For Anything For us, praying is about reflecting on gratitude, showing grace to our fellow humans, and manifesting our profound needs. It makes our lives richer.

The Hidden Messages in My Kid's Pandemic Drawings I’m grateful we've allowed our boys to tattoo their minds onto the walls of our house. It’s another way we get to hear them.

The Single Most Important Parenting Lesson I Always Follow It's helped me every step of the way.

I Love 'Goodnight Moon'. But I Can't Ignore These Weird Things About It It's far and away my favorite children's book. But it's filled with idiosyncrasies and odd choices that become impossible to ignore after the hundredth read

The Joy and Anxiety of Watching My Wife Give Birth During the Pandemic This is what it was like for us.

10 Things Not to Say at a Parent Teacher Conference Communicating effectively with your child’s teacher is in your best interest, and perhaps now more than ever.

5 Things I Wish My Father Did When I Was Growing Up Number 3: Ask better questions and be more eager to explore.

Love Your Family. But Also, Love the Act of Loving Them To raise kids in 2021, you need the patience of a saint, the will of an ox, the wallet of a banker, and the inner calm of the Dalai Lama. But in the end, it all comes down to love.

What's a Car-Loving Dad to Do When His Son Doesn't Want to Drive? I was expecting my son to share my sacred tradition. But, hey, rebellion is part of the game.

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How to Use Chores to Create a Gender-Equal Household Kids can learn a lot if you model these behaviors.

Kids Make Mistakes. How We Respond to Them Makes All The Difference Let's not forget this.

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What Happened When We Discovered Our Son Was Being a Bully Everyone makes bad choices. What matters is that you realize your mistakes, apologize, and not repeat them again.

The Department of Puberty is Not Closed for Quarantine A binge of Big Mouth led to an overdue conversation about sex, love, and what it means to make connections.

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Voting For the Earth Our Kids Will Inherit Whether you are a parent or someone who supports children and families, we all must strive to build systems that accommodate the negative climate change impacts on children and other vulnerable people.

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