parenting

(This post contains affiliate links) Sensitive children get a bad rep. It’s so much easier to tell them to “suck-it-up” or “rub some dirt in it” when sometimes all they …

BI’ve always been a competitive person. I’ll never forget my nephew looking at me with tears in his eyes after I beat him in a video game and he said, …

Children from hard places require a process that leads them toward attachment. Unlike babies who hear their mother’s voice from the womb, a child from adoption or a foster situation needs …

Boiling over along with your child — we have all been there. The child gets tears in her eyes and her face turns red. She wraps her fists up in a …

As a parent of a strong-willed child, there are a few things we regularly hear about our kids. I know we’re not the only people who fight over the importance of …

Social media today provides us access to a life of comparison and judgment and leaves us wishing our average life could take it up a notch. We believe we can …

Stay-at-home mamas have one of the hardest jobs in the world. One of the reasons is because they are almost always completely isolated. There’s only so much quality conversation children …

After becoming mothers, we seem to focus on all the ways we fall short. Our days are a blur, we can barely remember the last time we showered, but we …

Parenting the sensitive child comes with its own set of challenges. My daughter feels things deeply. She is the kid that only requires a “look of disapproval” when she disobeys …

I can count on one hand how many times my mother told me that she loved me. And I can count on two fingers how many times she told me …