Parenting

We moms have had some pretty intense conversations with our children over the last few months. We’ve had to talk about why we can no longer go to school, the museum, playground, to a friend’s or even to visit...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywi3ianWCUI We spent some time talking to Dr. Bethany Cook, a Clinical Psychologist, Health Service Psychologist, and a Board Certified Music Therapist, about ways to take mental breaks. What started out as a conversation about mental breaks for parents, quickly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goOmKWIbbgA SFBAM recently talked with Dr. Michael Goran, PhD. - Co-director of the USC Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute and professor of pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles - about all things sugar, including newly-released studies showing Type...

In the generation of the overwhelmingly influential social platform- tik tok, it's refreshing to see a startup push other creative options for children to express themselves beyond dancing video challenges. From my perspective, TikTok teaches our children how to...

In a world often bustling with competition and urgency, teaching kindness to children may seem like an optional soft skill. However, it’s quite the opposite. Kindness, as it turns out, is a critical component of our social fabric and...

You’ve probably seen this guy: He seems a little muted, like he’s holding something in, like he’s operating on autopilot so he doesn’t have to deal with whatever is happening inside. Society has taught him from an early age...

We are part of Amazon Associates When you hear the words cloth diapers what is the first thing you think of? Loads of stinky, poopy laundry? One more mess you don’t have time for? When I talk to other prospective...

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Reading to my son has equipped me with a new skill I never thought I’d have: I can identify every vehicle that we encounter around the city. Is that a cement mixer over there?...

My youngest daughter is a “lovey” kid. If you have one, you know what I mean: the child who forms an early, seemingly random yet unwavering attachment to a toy or object that becomes an indispensable member of the...