My Family Blog

by Melissa Byers posted in Mom Stories We’ve all been there. Taking care of your family is an all-consuming task. The little ones need attention all day, and sometimes all night. So how do you manage when you throw an aging parent into this mix? Sometimes the answer is “poorly.” A BabyCenter mom told us [...]

by Gwen Dewar, Ph.D. posted in Mom Stories If you’ve seen the headlines, you might have gotten the wrong idea – that new brain research suggests “two parents are better than one,” or that “kids raised by both parents” experience “better brain development.” Provocative, right? But rather misleading. The study in question focused ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics says a gun-free home is the safest home. But despite that recommendation, one third of American families own a gun and a whopping 40 percent of them don’t keep their guns locked up, according to the U.S. Naval Safety Center (NSC). What’s more, kids as young as 3 are strong [...]

by Betsy Shaw posted in Mom Stories The tragic news that a five-year-old boy in rural Kentucky accidentally shot and killed his two-year-old sister with a rifle he got for his birthday had many asking why: Why did a little boy own and have unsupervised access to a real, loaded gun? Why would a parent [...]

by Betsy Shaw posted in Mom Stories Just a few months after announcing zero tolerance for telecommuting, chief executive Marissa Mayer has extended the family leave policy at Yahoo. The policy offers eight fully-paid weeks of leave to new mothers and fathers, and mothers who gave birth to their babies are offered an additional eight [...]

by Laura Larsen posted in Mom Stories “She looks just like a Jayne!” This is what I believe about my beautiful little girl. She looks just like her name. It simply FITS. Sometimes, she likes to use her full name, Jayne Ann, but I think that Jayne alone suits her so much better. It’s classic [...]

by Laura Larsen posted in Mom Stories “She looks just like a Jayne!” This is what I believe about my beautiful little girl. She looks just like her name. It simply FITS. Sometimes, she likes to use her full name, Jayne Ann, but I think that Jayne alone suits her so much better. It’s classic [...]

by Betsy Shaw posted in Mom Stories Recent research suggests that there’s more than a little truth behind the theory that older siblings have a more powerful influence over younger ones than parents do. According to this NPR report, developmental psychologist, Patricia East, couldn’t help noticing the way younger siblings of ...

by Dr. Harvey Karp posted in Mom Stories This post is part of the Global Mom Relay. Every time you share this blog, $5 will go to women and girls around the world. Scroll to the bottom to find out more. The morning market in Luang Prabang, in Laos, was a dense mix of straw [...]

by Leah Speer posted in Mom Stories She hovers. She obsesses. Quite frankly, she’s over-involved. Wikipedia marks it as “….a parent who pays extremely close attention to his or her child’s experiences and problems. These parents rush to prevent any harm or failure from befalling their children and won’t let them learn from their own [...]