We teach our kids all kinds of things. How to tie their shoes. How to ride a bike. How to say “please” and “thank you.” How to swim. Parenting is an endless loop of lessons — many practical, some even silly. But then there are the big things, the ones that literally shape our kids’...
TikTok As a mom with one child leaving middle school and one about to start, I am very aware of what a complicated era this is in our children’s lives. Even outside of the context of other children, it’s a time of extraordinary change and transition — physically, mentally, emotionally, and more. Put a whole...
Sitting your 5-year-old in front of a laptop and helping them log in to school for the first time probably felt surreal and a little dystopian. Little did we know the COVID-19 pandemic wouldn’t just mean staying home for a few weeks, or even a few months — no, it meant many of our children...
Yulia Petrova/Moment/Getty Images Middle school is a rough period of time — for both kids and their parents. It’s not always the actual school part that’s the problem; it’s that this chunk of age, from 11ish to 14ish, can feel like a rollercoaster (and not in a great way). There’s so much blossoming independence along...