The obsession with moving kids around starts before they’re even born, and the next thing you know they’re asking to borrow the keys to your car!
But because public bathrooms are the battlefields where the fight against discrimination has long been waged, more of us are becoming aware of the greater impact bathroom laws are playing in this country’s struggle for equal rights. For this reason we should press for acceptance for those who cross gender lines when using bathrooms, an …
Friday, May 18, 2012 Ben’s Birth Story … What happens when a mother feels the urge to push but the baby won’t come out? The strength and vigor of this young couple will amaze you. You won’t believe what 15 medics couldn’t do. “Before the paramedics even arrived, David delivered Ben’s head. Then, all of …
My pre-schooler has a cell phone. In fact, he has the latest iPhone that he regularly uses to play games and watch videos on YouTube. Judging from the judgmental stares that I’m getting from other parents, it’s safe to say that society is still not ready for kids and cell phones.
Today’s pundits and doctors insist they know what’s best for our children while not allowing parents to do right by their own judgement. Helicopter parenting laws are coming to municipalities in ways unimagined, but the anti-helicopter parenting movement is pushing back. Humor is one way we’re doing it, including this clever video shows the stress …
It seems that no matter how much I try I can’t compete with it. Technology rules for parents and kids. That’s why technology also needs strict rules. Technology is overrunning my children’s lives. Sometimes it feels like it’s bleeding me, robbing me and turning me into its servant. My kids insist on acquiring more of …
Children are like jigsaw puzzles and we don’t have the picture on a box to know what they’re supposed to look like. We don’t see a late walking baby. But with babies we’re not even sure we have all the pieces. Aaron is a late walker, or as our Dr. Cao calls him, “very normal.” …
The arms race on the back of cars has heated up. Stickers with stick family guns tell potential predators what they can expect. Profile our family and die! Evidently the station wagon generation has raised adults who aren’t afraid to fight back. The new trend comes after well intentioned safety tips were recently issued by …
Parents who think the miracle chair is too dangerous to use don’t know that the Baby Bumbo seat recall is about a safety belt you’d never use anyway. But the safety belt isn’t the issue – height is the issue. Mobility is conquered by the Bumbo Seat, and our readers know that we have a …
Riding toys provide a toddler’s first experience with mobility. For most children it will lead to near obsession with big wheels, wagons, tricycles and eventually bicycles. (We wouldn’t be the first to suggest that motorcycles may also be in their cards eventually.) Typically we recommend letting kids discover their own way off toys like the …
For the station wagon generation, it’s with sympathy that we straightjacket children in armored pods. We ply them with iPads to makeup for this forced imprisonment, and we stop at McDonalds playgrounds every two hours. Gone are the days of wood paneled station wagons with a mattress thrown in the rear for kids to romp …
Traveling to India can only be described as otherworldly. There is something both objectionable and illuminating within each of the more than 1000 photos taken during my visit there in 2010. The profound cultural differences became obvious from the moment I felt the taxi speed away from the airport to a hostel in Old Delhi. …
Parents of restless children on airplanes are doing the unthinkable – enjoying their flights! “Benadryl can be helpful when you are taking young children on a plane,” says Dr. Harvey Karp, author of The Happiest Baby on the Block, and The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep: Simple Solutions for Kids from Birth to 5 Years …
My son is now 8 months and nearly walking unassisted – an early skill that puts him ahead of his peers developmentally but says nothing much regarding his overall intellect. Many people believe that early this or early that means a high IQ, but there’s much more to life than being able to stand fast, …
