{We often think of summer as baby season but are more babies really born during the summer? A little science (and fun) about summer …
Parenting Research
Best Advice for New Parents: Lead with Your Heart {but keep your mind open}
{Many folks claim to have the best advice for new parents on any given topic. Let's take a thoughtful look at how new parents can balance …
What is the Purpose of Parenting?
{Sometimes we get so busy with our daily lives as parents we don't consider what is the real purpose of parenting? Is our main goal of …
Best Parenting Blogs to Keep You Learning and Growing
{As a child development writer (and mom!), I read a lot of parenting articles. These are some of the best parenting blogs I've found to help …
What is Positive Parenting and How Does it Help My Child?
{An overview of positive parenting plus a look at how it helps you focus on the long view of parenting. How positive parenting helps you and …
Getting Beyond “Count to Ten”: Learning to Be a More Patient Parent Using a Simple Process
{Most of us have tried the tactic of "counting to ten" to calm down. However, learning how to be a more patient parent for the long-term …
Research-Backed Parenting Goals
{At the beginning of each new year, many of us start with parenting goals to keep us on track. These research-backed parenting goals will …
Research-Backed Benefits of Being an “Older” Mom
{The medical community may tell us about all the risk of "mature" motherhood. However, psychology is showing us that there are real benefits …
5 Parenting Lessons Research Taught Us This Year
Well, the year 2017 is officially in the history books. Along with it, shelves full of parenting research become part of history too. …
