toddlers - Everyday Family

Sibling Sharing: Why "Take Turns" Works Better Than "Share"

I used to say "share!" roughly four hundred times a day, like a malfunctioning toy, and it accomplished

The parenting books cover the four-month sleep regression and the eventual goodbye to napping, but the transition that wrecked me

My four-year-old once threw himself onto the kitchen floor over a banana that broke in half, and in the middle

The morning my daughter wrapped both arms and legs around my thigh at the daycare door and wailed like I

Nothing humbles a parent quite like a full-body tantrum in the cereal aisle while a stranger watches you fail in

Every parent knows the stall. The water request. The second water request. The sudden urgent need to discuss whether sharks

The first year I hosted Thanksgiving with a toddler in the house, I tried to run the day like I

We tried to potty train my second kid three separate times before it took, and the first two attempts were

The first Halloween my kids were old enough to really get it, I made every rookie mistake in one glorious

For about four months, getting my two-year-old dressed was the worst fifteen minutes of every day, and I am not