Managing Our Digital Photo Overload
Before we had children, my husband and I used to make these beautiful, minimalist, old-school scrapbooks every year — like real, bona fide, print-the-photos-and-set-them-in-the-page-by-hand… Read More
Archives: Guides
A Ten-Day Screen Reset
Welcome! What follows is a script for a ten-day screen time reset. We hope you check it out :). First, I’ll tell you what… Read More
Intro to Parenting and Mental Wellness
Every generation, it seems, lays its own claim to parenting hardships. I would run through the litany, decade by decade, but really, why bother?… Read More
Parental Anxiety: How to Manage It and Avoid Passing It to Your Children
My struggle with anxiety well preceded my journey into parenthood. In fact, anxiety has been my constant companion since I was a little girl,… Read More
Should I Have Another Baby?
After decades of exerting every effort not to get pregnant, my husband and I decided one weekend it was time to try for a… Read More
An Argument Against Academics in Preschool
In the Preschool Years, Success is Child’s Play The year was 2009; I was living in the City by the Bay. Having just moved,… Read More
Losing – and Rediscovering – Yourself After Motherhood
In the minutes after giving birth to my first child, I realized that I – and my life – would never, ever be the… Read More
Good Enough Parenting
My two children were barely 2 and 4 when the pandemic started, and in the wake of months of staying-at-home, remote work, and closed… Read More
Toys and Media to Get Kids Excited about Food
Do you have a picky eater on your hands? Or perhaps a serial snacker? Oh parents, we feel you. There are few things more… Read More
Best Kitchen Tools for Busy Families
Whether you are an experienced chef or a novice cook, there are a few kitchen items that can take meal prep from time consuming… Read More
