Parenting with Research, Insight, and Love

Parenting with confidence comes from knowledge. Parenting with grace comes from insight.

I’m a wife, mom of two boys and a child development writer. I may have a Ph.D, but I believe the value of child development research is not in telling us what is “right” or “wrong” with our parenting, but in helping us to see our children with a new lens.

If you are looking for strategies to support your child’s development using research combined with your own innate intuition, this is the place for you.

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Latest Posts

What Are the Best Baby Care Books? An Evidence‑Based Guide for New Parents

Sneak peek: Caring for a baby for the first time can be nerve-wracking. Rely on these baby care books to guide you through the questions of early parenthood. I remember well those early days of parenthood. Although I have a graduate degree in Human Development, I still felt that unsettled mix of awe, joy, and …

How Ditching the Attachment Parenting Principles Made Me a Better Parent

Sneak peek: What are the main attachment parenting principles? How do they differ from attachment theory? A new outlook on parenting emerged as I learned the difference. I clearly remember sitting in my first mom’s group many years ago. It was summer in Texas, so I was sweating from carrying my son in his car …

Why Understanding Your Tween’s Brain Might Just Make You a Better Parent

Sneak peek: Parenting tweens can involve a lot of ups and downs as well as big emotions. Be prepared for those tween and teen years by understanding what’s going on inside your child’s brain. As soon as my oldest son approached the tween years, I began frantically reading everything I could about teen brain development, behavior changes …

Do You Have a High Needs Baby? What to Look for and How to Help

Sneak peek: Your high needs baby requires extra special care. Discover what research says about sensitive infants and how care builds resilience. If you have a high needs baby, you probably didn’t need a research study to tell you that babies aren’t all wired the same. You may have seen some of your friends’ babies …

The Best Baby Development Books to Help You Navigate Those Early Months

Sneak peek: With so many baby development books on the market, it’s hard to know how to choose. These books all provide research-based insight with parent-friendly writing to help you through the early months of sleep deprivation, feeding questions, and more. When I first found out I was pregnant (over 13 years ago now) I immediately began …

25 Best Parenting Blogs

Sneak peek: As a child development writer (and mom!), I read a lot of parenting blogs. These are some of the best parenting blogs I’ve found to help keep you inspired, learning and growing as a parent. Parenthood is the only “job” that involves no formal training, very little background knowledge (for most of us) …