parenting
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How to Thwart Your Kids’ Bedtime Stall Tactics
The scene is familiar: A parent says, “OK, kids…” and before they can follow up with, “…time to get ready for bed,” boom: As reliably as death and taxes, the stall tactics kick into high gear.
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How to Cope With Empty Nest Syndrome During the Pandemic
In the past year, many parents had the unexpected experience of their adult children moving back in with them due to various pandemic-related issues, such as their university shifting to online classes, job loss, or financial strain. According to a recent Pew Research Centre poll, 52% of young adults between the ages of 18-29 were…
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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…
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How to Turn Down a Playdate, and Why You Might Want To
As the world opens, parents’ phones everywhere are lighting up with invitations from their kid’s friends to have some good, old-fashioned fun, which is a relief for many who’ve been cooped up with their kids all day for the past year. However, despite the increase in social activity among adults, a coronavirus vaccine for children…