The Blog

Have you ever been hanging out with your child and you WANT to have a deeper conversation, but you don’t quite know what to ask? Or have family conversations gotten routine? Too surface-level? Or too much about logistics, like who is going where and when? Here’s a...

I’m guessing that when you feel stressed you feel the same way I do… you want to throw all of your peaceful parenting techniques out the window. When the pressure is high, you feel like you have fewer choices and no time to think, it’s natural to want to control your...

Teens and tweens are really good at pushing boundaries. How do you set a limit with your older child or teen without creating a rupture in your relationship? How do you know when to hold your ground? Or when to be swayed by your teen? These are the questions we asked...

We’ve all been there. We’ve all been angry, sad, or frustrated with our child’s behavior. Whether it’s younger ones fighting in the backseat of the car, or teens who are starting to make some questionable choices, we have feelings that well up in us, for our kids....

Do you ever wish that your teen could have a mentor, auntie, or trusted guide? Someone that would sit down with them and patiently explain how the world works, how to find meaningful employment, and how to be independent? A person who genuinely loves and cares for...

I didn’t think we needed to talk to our kids about drugs and alcohol until they were in high school or college. I was wrong. I also mistakenly believed that parents don’t have that much influence over whether their kids struggle with substances or not. I didn’t know...

Gemma Hartley is a writer, reporter, mom of 3, and she is the author of Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward. We sat down with her to talk about emotional labor–the largely invisible but demanding, time-consuming, and exhausting "worry work" that often...