TikTok Along with tardigrades, cockroaches, and coyotes, human children are some of the most resilient creatures on the planet (and, fortunately for those of us raising them, much cuter and cuddlier). Of course, in a perfect world, we’ll never have to learn just how resilient because, of course, we never want anything bad to happen...
Maskot/Getty Images I commonly hear the misconception that only children must feel sad and lonely without any siblings. As an only child myself and parent of "just" one kid, others often assume I felt isolated growing up "alone" and ask when I’ll have a second child to give my daughter a "friend." Yet sad and...
TikTok Kids say the darndest things, and sometimes those things are not rude, but nevertheless, they have the capacity to make you feel bad about yourself. Kids do this to us all the time — like when my daughter reminded me to make a waxing appointment by observing, “I never noticed you had a mustache...
Instagram / @thefamilybehaviorist Nobody wants to see their kid upset. The big frowny face. The teary puppy dog eyes! Stop it, now! And what can be worse than hearing the phrase: “Nobody loves me.” Your first reaction to hearing such a thing might be to launch into reassuring your child, but one mom says that...