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Parents photograph the picture. They tape it to the fridge, text it to grandparents, sometimes post it online. But the picture is the least interesting part of...
The bedroom used to be the first room in the house to go dark. Now it's often the last. A story and a nightlight gave way to tablets on pillows, phones under bl...
A teenager whose phone gets taken away at 9 p.m. every night learns one thing: the rules of the house. A teenager who puts the phone down at 9 p.m. on her own l...
Count the minutes. That's what most screen time conversations come down to. Two hours or three? Too much or just right? Parents set timers, negotiate extra minu...
Somewhere along the way, children stopped being part of what happened in the kitchen. Not because anyone made a rule about it. Life got faster. Meals got simple...
Your baby is sitting in the highchair, staring at a piece of steamed broccoli you just placed on the tray. She grabs it with her entire fist. Brings it to her f...
You have a list in your head. Chicken nuggets. Plain pasta. Maybe bread with butter if it's a good day. Anything green gets pushed to the edge of the plate like...
Parents today have more information than any generation before them. Parenting books, expert podcasts, developmental apps, online forums with answers to every q...
"Good job!" You've said it today. Probably more than once. Your toddler stacked two blocks and you said it. She put on her own shoe — wrong foot, but still — an...
Your toddler points at the sky and says "boo." Then she points at the grass. "Boo." The dog. "Boo." Everything in her world has become blue. You're starting to...
Your toddler has been inside for two hours. She's climbed the couch twice, emptied a kitchen drawer, and tried to scale the bookshelf. You've redirected her six...
Your toddler picks up a blueberry. She holds it between her thumb and one finger, studies it for half a second, then drops it into her mouth. Three seconds. You...