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Stories, tips, and things we've learned about raising kids with big feelings.

Positive Discipline for Kids During Tantrums (Co-Regulation)
Jul 09, 2026
Positive Discipline for Kids During Tantrums (Co-Regulation)
There is no discipline technique on earth that works during a full tantrum — and knowing that is itself the...
Positive Discipline for Kids: Scripts for the 5 Daily Battles
Jul 09, 2026
Positive Discipline for Kids: Scripts for the 5 Daily Battles
The theory of positive discipline for kids is easy to nod along to at 10 p.m. with a parenting book. The ha...
Positive Discipline for Kids: Connection Before Correction
Jul 09, 2026
Positive Discipline for Kids: Connection Before Correction
Here's the moment: your five-year-old just shoved his cousin over a toy, everyone's watching, and your inst...
Positive Discipline for Kids: What It Is (and Isn't)
Jul 09, 2026
Positive Discipline for Kids: What It Is (and Isn't)
Say "positive discipline" at a family barbecue and someone will roll their eyes: so the kids just do whatev...
Reading to Two Kids at Once: Books to Read for Kids of Different Ages
Jul 09, 2026
Reading to Two Kids at Once: Books to Read for Kids of Different Ages
One parent, one bedtime window, a three-year-old who wants the truck book and a six-year-old who finds the ...
Family Reading Night: Books to Read for Kids Together
Jul 09, 2026
Family Reading Night: Books to Read for Kids Together
Bedtime reading is usually a one-on-one affair — one parent, one kid, one lamp. Lovely, but there's an upgr...
Books to Read for Kids That Raise Question-Askers
Jul 09, 2026
Books to Read for Kids That Raise Question-Askers
There are two kinds of smart kid: the one with a lot of answers, and the one with a lot of questions — and ...
Books to Read for Kids Who Only Want ONE Topic
Jul 09, 2026
Books to Read for Kids Who Only Want ONE Topic
It's been dinosaurs for eleven months. Or trains. Or sharks, space, or excavators. Every attempt to widen t...
Books to Read for Kids: Build the 10-Minute Daily Habit
Jul 09, 2026
Books to Read for Kids: Build the 10-Minute Daily Habit
Here's the uncomfortable math of children's reading: a shelf of brilliant books read occasionally is worth ...