January is coming to a close, but we are still rounding up the best parenting posts of 2016 around here. It's always fun to see what really …
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The Parenting Book That Will Change the Way You Look at Learning
Remember that poster "All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten"? It lists items like: share everything, play fair, and don't …
5 Evidenced-Backed Tips to Improve Communication with Your Child
Are you familiar with the 3 basic parenting styles: authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive? Before the media took hold of parenting …
Parenting is an Ongoing Learning Process
Parenting means...continually learning about yourself and your childrenParenting means...recognizing that you don't know all the …
“Diaper Need” is About More than Just Diapers
Well, I am actually back to writing (at least periodically) here at The Thoughtful Parent. I hope there are still some readers out there. …
Olympic Sports: The Parent Edition
Inspired by this story that discussed "new" winter sports, I began to think about how some days parenting young children feels like an …
Children’s Media Use: Good Distraction or Lazy Parenting?
I recently came across a study from a few years ago conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation that looked at the role of children's media …