Mental Health

A guide to choosing the safest sunscreen for kids

Want to have some fun in the sun with your little one? Start by slathering on the best sunscreen for kids to protect their ultra-delicate skin. Check out our post to learn all you need to know about sunscreen for children.

Health & Safety Reviews & Stuff

Is your teen dating someone you disapprove of? Should you stop them or take this as a parenting opportunity?

Here are some tips and suggestions to help you if your teen’s dating someone you dislike or disapprove of. It may be easier than you think to work through this with your teen.

Behavior Lifestyle

What are the best strategies to help anxious children?

Anxiety can prevent your child from doing things they’d like to do. Find the balance between preventing triggers and helping them cope with anxious situations independently.

Behavior Health & Safety

Anemia in children and teens: The importance of iron from an early age

30%–50% of anemia in children is caused by iron deficiency. Find out how to naturally increase the iron in your child’s diet to prevent pediatric anemia.

Diet Health & Safety

How to teach teens time management and scheduling skills

Teaching time management to teens doesn’t have to be stressful. There are many different ways you can help your teenager get better at effective time management.

Can Zoom quizzes help my child learn?

Is your child bored during lockdown? Regular school lessons not engaging? Read how a dad of 6 helps his kids learn and engage during the lockdown.

Activities Learning

Ways to avoid information overload during pregnancy

If you’re pregnant, you will definitely have a lot of questions about your own condition and that of your baby. Given the abundance of information nowadays, it’s essential to handle properly the unavoidable pregnancy information overload.

Controlling your spouse vs. when your spouse is controlling

We all have an innate need to be in control and make choices, but what happens when this goes a bit too far? Gaining an understanding of why some people need more control than others will help you learn how to respond without ceding your own power.

Living with a live-in nanny

Trustworthy, efficient, and loving live-in nannies are to be cherished and encouraged to remain as such. Find out what it’s like to live with a nanny and build a trusting relationship with them.

Real Food for Pregnancy: The Science and Wisdom of Optimal Prenatal Nutrition: Book Review

Real Food for Pregnancy offers real ways to meet your increased dietary requirements while pregnant—an advantage to your baby from the start.

Diet Reviews & Stuff

Storytime for kids: Short and long term benefits

Does your kid enjoy listening to stories? Learn the many emotional and cognitive benefits that come with having regular storytime with your child.

Activities Learning

7 best baby changing pads

Wondering what to look for in a baby changing pad? We’ve come up with a detailed guide to help you find the perfect changing pad to tackle those messy situations.

Daily Grind Reviews & Stuff

The How-To Cookbook for Teens: 100 Easy Recipes to Learn the Basics: Book Review

Looking to help your teen learn the basics of cooking, like how to be safe in the kitchen and make their own meals? This cookbook for teens is a great start.

Diet Reviews & Stuff

How to burp a baby

From feeding to diaper changing and putting him to sleep, having a newborn can be overwhelming. An important part of the routine is burping your baby, otherwise, you’ll find yourself with a fussy and uncomfortable infant on your hands.

Daily Grind Health & Safety

What I wish I knew before adopting a child

The decision to adopt a child is a permanent one and shouldn’t be made on a whim. Here are some things to consider before you take the biggest step of your life.

Your child may know and trust a sexual predator: Here’s how to protect them

It’s time to discuss what #saveourchildren really means, and what we need to do to make this call to action a reality. Let’s talk about sexual predators: where they are, who they are, and how we can combat this issue together to truly save our children.

Health & Safety

Nutrition labels simplified

Ingredient lists are an important part of food labels, as highly processed foods contain ingredients you can’t pronounce. Knowing how to decode these ingredients will keep you and your family healthier.

Diet Health & Safety

Helping kids with dyslexia

For a child with dyslexia, letters and sounds seem to make no sense. Failure in reading can cost them their positive self image. Learn effective strategies to help your child with dyslexia.

Learning Special Needs

School lunch vs. packed lunch: Which is healthier for your kids?

USDA guidelines now make school cafeteria lunches healthier, but you may still want to prepare lunch for your kids. Here’s what to make them.

7 best baby mattresses

The right mattress means more snoozing for both you and your baby. From innersping to foam and dual-sided models, here’s how to find the best baby mattress.

Daily Grind Reviews & Stuff

How do I get my child to do as I ask?

How do you get your child to do as you ask? The answer is simple but not easy. Stay calm and be consistent. You can’t control your child, but you can control yourself.

Behavior Daily Grind

The evolution of fatherhood

Go down memory lane and see how fatherhood has evolved over the years. There are some marked differences between today’s dads and dads of yesteryear.

Potty training hell? A checklist to measure readiness

A toddler’s level of bladder/bowel control and independence can be gauged by checking for signs of potty readiness. We explore that and solve a potty training dilemma.

Robot toys for kids

Many robot toys light up, sing, and move, but do you really know what advantages they hold? When shopping for a robot toy, which one should you get?

Activities Reviews & Stuff

49 questions to ask before choosing your prenatal care provider

Putting together your ideal birth team is important. Find out what questions to ask a prenatal care provider to ensure they are the right fit for you.

Health & Safety Lifestyle