- On Parenting
- Perspective
I wanted to have biological kids — to create them, to grow them, to birth them. I didn’t know why I needed that, just that I had to fill this hole.
I wanted to have biological kids — to create them, to grow them, to birth them. I didn’t know why I needed that, just that I had to fill this hole.
After a one-hour period that included 42 notifications, he became increasingly angst-ridden over what we as adults grapple with daily — social media overload.
To my surprise, my delivery was not lonely, or alienating. Instead, it felt like the most communal experience of individual accomplishment I have ever pulled off.
Not only does it help break up the monotony of quarantine life, but it also reminds children that they still have a network that cares for them.
A 13-year-old has discovered a love for politics in the past year, and her parents are worn down by the nonstop debates.
Whether parents are looking to instruct, comfort or simply entertain, there’s something for them — and their kids — online.
Trying to work while caring for a very young child who cannot take care of themselves or play independently for any length of time is setting parents up for failure.
Now that the boundaries between work, school and home life have completely blurred, we need to create new rules to guide how we live and how we work.
Having clear criteria and a decision-making process is a good idea, in general. But in today’s new reality, it has become even more important.
I was days from meeting my new son in Morocco. Then coronavirus put everything on hold.
Nothing about the last few weeks has been easy. A lot of it’s been scary. And all of it’s been (really) messy. But here’s what it’s also been: meaningful.
Adolescents may be angry at their current situation. And they often vent that anger by slamming doors and slinging insults at their parents.
We have lost the routines, activities and interactions that we have come to know as normal, but we have an opportunity to help children discover happiness in new experiences.
The key, according to a psychologist, is how safe the child feels and how much of a steady diet of anxiety they are receiving from their parents.
As our world gets smaller, receiving news from afar, a crazy quilt of stamps poking out amid the bills and junk mail, is a bright spot on the map, a constant in an unpredictable world.
While we were stuck inside together for weeks on end, she invited me deeper into her world.
Whenever you feel like you can’t deal with one more thing, a toddler will be right there to say, “Oh yes you can, buddy. And I’m here to prove it."
Children worldwide are wrapped up in a grief they can’t begin to understand caused by a collective trauma with no clear end in sight.
Beyond liking Taylor Swift or not, you need to decide whether your child can handle the harsh realities described in adult songs with equanimity and maturity.
