Kids

Who would have thought that being a failure would be so useful!?

The Secret To Successful Kids? Letting Them See You Struggle

According to a new study from MIT, if you do practice the whole “try, try again” thing, you’ll raise more successful kids.

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The fight towards gender equality is slowly, but surely, becoming an intersectional affair.

How To Challenge Your Gender Normative Parenting Habits

As a psychologist with a strong commitment to promote gender equality, I’ve found myself re-thinking traditional and gender normative parenting habits.

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But sometimes when I’m going through all of these emotions, I’m hard on myself and use that “lazy mom” label.

I'm Not A Lazy Mom, I'm In Survival Mode

I can't just embrace the chaos. I wish I could follow the advice: “Stop stressing, Allison, you work full time, stop comparing yourself to mothers who don’t." But I can’t help but to play that comparing game and label myself as the inadequate mom.

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What can you do for your kids after tragedy? We have some helpful tips!

7 Things You Can Do For Your Kids After Tragedy

Following a tragedy we are left devastated and desperate for answers. And what about our kids? Here are 7 things you can do for your kids after tragedy.

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I’m here to help you bring the passion back...and maybe even get a little wicked sex!

A Mom’s Guide To Wicked Sex (Or Regular Sex, Take Whatever You Can Get)

Sometimes, after you become a mom, you forget that sex used to be fun, hot, even wicked. Wicked sex? HA. I’m here to help you bring the passion back.

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Moms flying alone with kids need more support and less judgement.

5 Easy Ways To Help Moms Flying Alone With Kids

Next time you see moms flying alone with kids, try some of these tips. You might make someone's day.

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No one said this was going to be easy.

Are We Gaslighting Kids, Or Are We Just Parenting Them? 

Don’t tell me kids don’t know how to work the system. If kids are old enough to be devastated about not having red patent-leather Mary Janes, kids are old enough to know that sometimes crying as if you’ve just flushed their living goldfish down the toilet, will get them red patent-leather Mary Janes.

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The world is inherently full of risk, and to be honest, travelling doesn’t elevate that risk much.

Why I Sent My 6-Year-Old To London Alone After The Terrorist Attacks

My mother called me the morning after the

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