How to Raise a Reader

How to Raise a Reader

It’s easy for your routine as a family to fall apart during the summer. Your kids are at the pool, playing ball, and having fun with their friends, but you’re still busy with work. Even though it’s vacation time and your children are no longer in school, it’s up to...
Sensitivity and the Adopted Family

Sensitivity and the Adopted Family

Family, friends, and strangers may mean well, but their remarks on your adoption or adopted family can really annoy and even hurt. Often, people don’t even realize they’re asking intrusive questions. We’ve compiled a list of a few things not to say to a...
Coping With Your Parents’ Divorce

Coping With Your Parents’ Divorce

Some parents choose to divorce later in life once their children are out of the house. Regardless of your age, your parents’ divorce will be a difficult time in your life. There’s no right way to cope, and each person will come to terms with their parents’ divorce in...
How to Talk to Your Child About Sex and Puberty

How to Talk to Your Child About Sex and Puberty

Regardless of how careful you are of what your children watch on television, we live in a highly sexualized society where children are often exposed to sexual language, images, and behaviors before they are developmentally prepared to handle them. Although the...
First-Time Parenting, Part II: New Parents’ First Steps

First-Time Parenting, Part II: New Parents’ First Steps

This is part II of our three-part series on first-time parenting. In our last blog post, we talked about preparing for baby. Everyone says that becoming a parent is a life-changing event, but it’s difficult to fully comprehend what that means until you go through...