Having our kids handle what they can is an important life skill. But they can’t handle everything every day.

As our kids test boundaries, there will be days that they win, and days that we win.

Happy Mother’s Day 2022

Some days I am the dumper, and some days I am the receiver of an emotional dump.

Images of children and families in wartime elicit universal parental anguish.

To the parents of young children, one day you’ll be ugly crying, too.

Calmly riding the roller coaster of our kids’ emotions until they learn to ride alone.

Learning to forgive ourselves when our kids have already forgiven us.

It takes a village to raise kids, but kids deserve a village, too.

Our children’s vision changes as they grow, both literally and figuratively.

To the person who caught my father-in-law when he collapsed at Kroger on March 23 at Kroger in Humble, Texas:

Each child is born into a different family, with parents in a unique stage of parental development.

Remember that anxiety is contagious when you’re helping your child through a stressful situation.

Ten Lessons Learned in Pandemic Parenting

Moving away from the good and bad of 2020 and toward a fresh start in 2021.

Keeping your head when things are falling apart around you is a key to successful parenting.

Taking time for self-care creates more energy for the exhausting ride of parenting.

Parenting: a cumulative series of firsts

Learning to be OK with being an adequate (not quite amazing) parent

Lessons from a father or father figure build resilience in a child