Elementary Years

Eight's Not Great 🫤
By Megan LaCreta

Here's Why Many Children Start Therapy At Age 8

Is there a hardest age to parent? A therapist says 8-year-olds experience a developmental shift that creates new challenges.

Mother texting next to her kids. "Technoference" occurs when a parent is distracted by their phone, ...
Do Not Disturb

What Is 'Technoference?' How Parents' Screen Use Impacts Their Kids

While kids' screen time gets a lot of attention, it turns out that how parents use technology has a major effect on young children's development.

Three girls lie on a bed, one holding a tablet, another a phone, showcasing connected leisure time. ...
unplug, please!

Reddit Asks: Are Screen-Heavy Sleepovers The New Reality?

A parent on Reddit asked what to do when their child's friends spent their slumber party on their devices.

i'll bring the orange slices

This Mom Wants Us To Normalize Low-Commitment Kids Sports

A mom on TikTok says kids should be able to play sports "just for fun," without professional levels of pressure and time commitment.

pop the birthday balloon

Why This Mom Doesn't Go To Kids' Birthday Parties

Emily Oster says that weekend birthday parties take up valuable time that could be spent together as a family.

why is this a debate?

A Mom Was Left Totally Confused After Being Praised For Not Putting Shorts On Under Her Daughter's Dress

She was thanked for not being that “type of mom.”

Eight's Not Great 🫤
By Megan LaCreta

Here's Why Many Children Start Therapy At Age 8

Is there a hardest age to parent? A therapist says 8-year-olds experience a developmental shift that creates new challenges.

Do Not Disturb
By Megan LaCreta

What Is 'Technoference?' How Parents' Screen Use Impacts Their Kids

While kids' screen time gets a lot of attention, it turns out that how parents use technology has a major effect on young children's development.

unplug, please!
By Megan LaCreta

Reddit Asks: Are Screen-Heavy Sleepovers The New Reality?

A parent on Reddit asked what to do when their child's friends spent their slumber party on their devices.

i'll bring the orange slices
By Megan LaCreta

This Mom Wants Us To Normalize Low-Commitment Kids Sports

A mom on TikTok says kids should be able to play sports "just for fun," without professional levels of pressure and time commitment.

pop the birthday balloon
By Megan LaCreta

Why This Mom Doesn't Go To Kids' Birthday Parties

Emily Oster says that weekend birthday parties take up valuable time that could be spent together as a family.

why is this a debate?
By Katie Garrity

A Mom Was Left Totally Confused After Being Praised For Not Putting Shorts On Under Her Daughter's Dress

She was thanked for not being that “type of mom.”

feels...icky
By Katie Garrity

A Gen Alpha Kid-Influencer "Content House" Has Gone Viral. Should People Be Concerned?

Is this girl power or child exploitation?

Awkward!
By Megan LaCreta

PSA: Maybe Double Check That Homemade Birthday Party Invitation

Take it from this mom: that homemade birthday party invitation your kid brought home from school might not have been parent-approved.

good advice!
By Sarah Aswell

People Are Sharing The Most Impactful Things Their Mom Ever Said To Them

Some are good and some are bad!

Parenting
By Megan LaCreta

How To Talk About Food Without Labelling It As "Healthy" Or "Unhealthy"

Yes, really. A mom shared some ways that she manages conversations about food with her own kids, without slipping into diet culture pitfalls.