@jilli_7 / TikTok One mom shared her bewilderment that some parents post on the internet, specifically Facebook and Facebook Groups, asking for last-minute babysitters. She wonders if she’s in the minority in finding this type of choice strange. Does everyone not vet every single person who comes in contact with their kids? Jillian, @jilli_7 on...
hey.im.janelle / TikTok Several different parenting styles have made the rounds recently — gentle parenting, helicopter parenting, and co-pilot parenting to just name a few. Each family molds and mends their version of one of these to fit their family and their children’s individual needs. Still, there’s one parenting style called “FAFO Parenting” that surfaced...
Instagram / @mrs._colleen_b “I can’t.” “It’s too hard.” “I just don’t know how.” If these are phrases are among your child’s most frequently used, they might be experiencing learned helplessness. Learned helplessness occurs when someone adopts the belief that they’ll always be unsuccessful in solving a problem. Fortunately, anything learned can be unlearned, and Colleen...
TikTok One of the hottest parenting topics of the moment is invisible labor — all of the small, hidden tasks that moms take care of, from remembering everyone’s shoe size to making summer camp reservations. Of course, because it’s invisible, it’s really hard for other people to see or understand the extend of the mental...