Sending your child to daycare is a big step in both your and your child’s lives. It can be emotional, exciting, scary, even anxiety-inducing. After all, daycare will be an important part of your child’s educational and emotional development. By the time your child is 18-months old, they will [...]Continue Reading
The Crowdsourced Guide to Kids’ Online Educational Resources
You may be dealing with the uncertainty of your child’s school district’s decision, or choosing to make the difficult switch to at-home learning. Now more than ever, parents need reliable at-home resources to help with homeschooling. Sitejabber, a consumer protection website developed in part by a [...]Continue Reading
Fall Fun Activity Tree
Fall is a great time for making memories with your kids. You can feel the change in the air as season change. The falling leaves bring us a whole world of autumnal sensory experience. We also got all the lovely flavors of Fall - soups, apple cider, pumpkin pie! What fun fall activities do you [...]Continue Reading
How Using a Sharing Journal Helped Me Connect with My Kids
By Dara Kurtz When I was little, I kept a journal that had a key. I could lock it up and no one could read my deepest thoughts. I was especially concerned that my brother would break into my room, read my diary, and find out who I had a crush on. Through the years, I returned again and again to [...]Continue Reading
Best Mittens and Gloves for Toddlers – top picks for each
Updated September 2020 If you're looking for toddler mittens or gloves that really work, you're in the right place. We've got a list of our favorites with reviews that detail the ease of putting on, likeliness to stay on, warmth and waterproofing. We'll start with our list of toddler mittens, [...]Continue Reading
Parenting an Angry Child
People don’t talk about having an angry child (I mean a child who is very angry, very often.) At least I don't see it too often. In this piece, which I originally published in 2012, I'm sharing my experience as best I can, because it has been one of the most isolating experiences in parenting for [...]Continue Reading