Parenting

Guest post by Tim Steele, husband of our contributor Kristin Steele In 2014, I wrote how Father’s Day had changed my life, and how daunting it seemed preparing to raise a child in the new digital age. With this year’s Father’s...

November is National Adoption Month across the country. It began as a week to raise awareness about adoption in Massachusetts in 1976, and then President Clinton expanded it to be the full month of November in 1995. Locally, we...

Do you remember what it feels like to experience pure joy and happiness during the holidays? Do you remember a time when you were just excited about the holidays without the stress and worry of trying to get it all...

Earlier this summer we took our first trip overseas as a family of four. And no, this wasn't some Eat, Pray, Love boho odyssey or even a well-planned multi-city sightseeing tour. It was a simple two-week trip to visit my...

Valentine's Day is a special day that reflects the love we have for others. Why not use this day to encourage our children to not only love others but how to also love themselves! High self-esteem indicates how much you...

Simple Tools for Parents and Teachers Pool-time, nature hikes, playgrounds and vacations fill most children’s summers, if they are lucky as most of us when we were children! So, it would be difficult for them to transition back to school...

I had no idea how difficult deciding on childcare for my child would be. Staying at home, family helping out, nannies, daycare…there are so many pros and cons to each it can be hard to know where to start!...

How to Find Balance in Motherhood "Back in the day, women didn’t run themselves ragged trying to achieve some impressively developed life in eight different categories. No one constructed fairy-tale childhoods for their spawn, developed an innate set of personal...

Before having a baby, all parents try to imagine what it’s going to be like. We try to imagine what color eyes they will have, what their personality will be like, and who will they look like. We read...

I never expected to be raising white children. I pictured countless other cultural and racial backgrounds. I’d always planned on adoption, and expected to diversify our already multiracial family more. My goal was, in part, to confuse people so...