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  • 16 of Our Best Parenting Hacks of 2021 So Far

    16 of Our Best Parenting Hacks of 2021 So Far

    I can’t be the only one who blinked hard at the calendar in July, wondering where the hell the first half of 2021 had gone. After spending the better part of 2020 wanting the whole year to vanish off the space-time continuum, it’s a little surreal to watch time speed up again as life around…


  • How to Dial Back Your Kid’s Out-of-Control Screen Time

    How to Dial Back Your Kid’s Out-of-Control Screen Time

    At the beginning of the pandemic, parents everywhere agreed: A little extra screen time was not going to hurt our kids. In many cases, particularly for older kids, those tablets and smartphones were their lifeline to their friends. My son, who was nine years old when the world shut down, traded in soccer practice and…