Hearing your child say “I hate you!” for the first time can be a shocking and upsetting experience for a parent. “When coming from a child in whom there is generally a love-based relationship, ‘I hate you’ is a normal part of emotional and psychological development,” said psychotherapist Noel McDermott. “How parents deal with it […]
Emerging COVID-19 variants have dominated international headlines in recent months. This highlights a reality that has been clear to physicians and researchers well versed in viruses, but not necessarily to the rest of us: SARS-CoV-2 has been mutating since the pandemic began. While media reports sometimes use words like “mutation,” “strain” and “variants” interchangeably, there […]
Mister Rogers famously told children to “look for the helpers” ― the people in this world who work to assist others and spread goodness, even (or especially) in challenging times. But you don’t have to be a grown-up to be a helper. Kids can play this role too. In fact, learning to be a helper […]
Teaching children about money and financial responsibility is a task few parents and caregivers seem to relish. One survey found that parents find it easier to talk to their kiddos about bullying and drugs than money. That same survey found that three-quarters of parents say they regularly fudge the truth when it comes to talking […]
In December, I experienced over a week of chest pain. It wasn’t sharp, but I felt a tightening over my heart from the moment I woke up until I slept. Fearing the worst, I made an appointment with my doctor. She performed a thorough checkup before finally suggesting that it might be anxiety. The tightness […]
Last spring, a few months into the pandemic when few of us really understood just how long this would drag on, my son had a Zoom call with his pre-K classmates and several of the kindergarten teachers at his New York City public school. The teachers introduced themselves, chatted a bit about what they thought […]
Becoming a parent means mastering diaper changes, car seat installation and firm but fair discipline. It also provides the opportunity to hone some more … unusual skills, like hosting toy funerals, perfectly reheating coffee that’s gone cold and sounding extra enthusiastic about very boring occurrences. Over the years, the funny moms and dads of Twitter […]
Jane Seymour knows what it’s like to parent at many stages of life. The actor describes herself as a mother of six ― daughter Katherine, son Sean, twins John and Kristopher, and stepkids Jenni (the daughter of her husband David Flynn) and Kalen (the son of her husband James Keach). Over the years, she’s spoken […]
If you’re a woman, there’s a good chance you spend a lot of time thinking about your breasts. You may have wanted them to be bigger (or smaller) as an adolescent, stressed about your milk supply as you became a mother and started lactating, or entered the stage of life where you need regular mammograms […]
One of the bright spots (and burdens) of the COVID-19 pandemic is that so many parents are home with their children more than ever. That has meant months of more time talking and connecting, more time cooking and playing together — and more time to cuddle. Cuddling, of course, offers plenty of emotional benefits during […]