Category: parenting

Connect by Creating Art With Your Children

Many of us are using art activities to keep children busy at home. Art can help children improve communication, strengthen motor skills, and develop a sense of self. That’s why it’s important to encourage creativity from infancy and place art alongside home learning and as an extension of their play. When young children make art…


Tired Mom’s Tear-Jerking Apology to Neighbors for Trying the ‘Cry-It-Out’ Method Goes Viral

Many an apartment dweller knows the aggravation of noisy children wreaking havoc in the next unit. But consider the other side of the equation—the anxiety of a parent whose crying little one is tormenting the neighbors. That’s why one mom’s anguished apology letter to her fellow apartment dwellers went viral. The note, which The Sun…


The Homeschooling Experiment: Tips for Parents

Parents have had a lot thrown at them over the past year. Kimball Lewis has seen the impact of these times on families firsthand, as CEO of parenting coaching company Empowering Parents. The website, EmpoweringParents.com, offers guidance to parents dealing with difficult situations, including defiance, lying, backtalk, and lack of laziness. “We deal with pretty…


7 Biggest Parenting Errors That Harm Kids’ Mental Resilience, According to Therapist

It’s never too early for parents to foster mental resilience in their children. Yet there are so many common, easily avoidable parenting mistakes that can jeopardize the process. Kids with well-developed mental resilience stand a greater chance of feeling empowered to follow their dreams, and take failure on the chin, as they enter adulthood. So…