Parenting

Marian Wright Edelman President, Children’s Defense Fund 10/27/2017 05:02 pm ET Updated Oct 27, 2017 President Trump’s announcement yesterday reminded us all that the opioid crisis is a public health emergency, but in fact it is also a national emergency and we must do so much more. Daily we read articles and see searing reports about the opioid crisis. We’ve learned about …

by: Carson Kohler. A staff writer at The Penny Hoarder.    Neil Sedaka had it right — breaking up is hard to do. Actually, that could be the understatement of the century. Breaking up is super hard to do. Like, I-just-stopped-eating-for-a-week hard. Or if you’re more like me, I-just-ate-my-way-through-the-ice-cream-aisle hard. But perhaps even more difficult than the breakup is knowing when it’s …

Terri Pous BuzzFeed Staff 1. “Are you sure it’s not a food baby?” “I was so small while pregnant that people would ask me, ‘Are you sure it’s not a food baby?'” ABC / Via giphy.com 2. “Are you going to have more than one?” “Let me get through pushing out this human first. And also, none of your business.” 3. “Are you sure …

Every parent has a few baby products they absolutely can’t live without—gear they’d choose to take on a desert island instead of a lifetime supply of chocolate. We asked Babylist families to fill us in on their three must-have baby products. Thousands of parents nominated hundreds of products, which we analyzed to create this list. And with no further ado, …

By Arielle Pardes Real talk: Dating is sometimes harder than it should be. After countless dinners and drinks, it can be tempting to throw in the towel and resign to nights of forever watching Netflix alone in your bed. But when dating is done right, it can be amazing, and those great dates often lead to great relationships. So consider this …

by: Nicole Fabian-Weber   1. Pacifier Thermometer   Summer Infant Pacifier Thermometer, Teal/White   It’s the perfect antidote to taking baby’s temperature “the old fashioned way.” Beside the fact that the pacifier thermometer makes it so we don’t have to combat wiggly, kicking legs (and a few yelps!), it’s a great way to see if baby has a fever in …

One problem that no preschool parent has ever been spared is that of the tantrum. Tantrums are unpleasant, and often quite embarrassing, but they are very normal, especially in children around the ages of 2-3. Children of this age group are discovering a will of their own, but they do not yet have the language that they need to express themselves, …

By ELIZABETH O’BRIEN Maybe you’ve always dreamed about retiring when you hit 60—or even before you get your AARP card at 50. Or perhaps you have watched the stock market climb for the past eight years in a row, with the S&P 500 index more than tripling since its 2009 low, and suddenly an early exit from the workplace seems as if it …