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I am the founder of a Montessori school in Brooklyn, New York. I’ve seen more parents rely on scripts to…
They say that raising children is the greatest and most rewarding job many of us will ever have. Life can…
I grew up with 16 siblings and our household was often chaotic. Our parents didn’t discipline us much, so we…
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One day in late June, I became a completely different person: I downloaded an astrology app on my phone. For…
My husband and I wanted to raise our daughter differently than how we were raised. I was following a sweet…
I didn’t know about gentle parenting until my son was over a year old. I always thought I could be…
Last July, I let my 7- and 9-year-olds stay in my air-conditioned car on a sweltering day and let them…
When I was in 7th and 8th grade, I had a friend who had very strict parents. She was not…