Parenting and Advice
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
How Reading with Your Children Can Help Them Develop a ‘Yes Brain’
Reading together can help promote a “Yes Brain” mindset in your kids, helping them build balance, resilience, insight, and empathy. Here’s how.
Just For Fun
The Very Best Things About Reading Aloud with Kids, According to Parents
From learning more about their little ones to simply snuggling, here are the things that parents love most about sharing books with their children.
Teen
5 Fascinating Insights into Your Teen’s Brain
If you’re looking to better understand what happens when your kid enters adolescence — and what's going on in their head — check out these expert insights.
Tween
No Grown-Ups in Sight: The Freedom of Middle Grade Adventures
In middle grade literature, and life, the ultimate fantasy is the freedom to do what you want, just you and maybe another kid, no grown-ups in sight.
Growing Reader
Tween
When Reading Is Hard: A New Way to Help Your Child Move Forward
How can parents support kids through reading challenges without adding to the pressure the child may already be feeling? A strength-based approach can help.
Pre-K
10 Things You Can Do This Summer to Get Your Child Ready for Kindergarten
The summer is the perfect time to help prepare your child for the transition to kindergarten. Here are some things you can do at home to get them ready.
Grown-Up Reads
Why Being a 'Good Enough' Parent Is Better Than Being Perfect
Dr. Catherine Pearlman makes the case for not striving for perfection and instead aiming for "good enough" parenting.
Grown-Up Reads
3 New Must-Have Books About Strength, Resilience, and Grit
Books that feature true strength, resilience, and grit — whether the story is about an actual or fictional person — can be profoundly inspiring.
Tips & Advice
How to Show Your Kids It's Awesome to Stand Out
Here are some helpful tips from Kate Peterson — author of You're Weird — to show your kiddos that being unique is cool, even when it doesn’t feel like it.
Tween
Teen
Understanding What's Really Happening With Your Adolescent: A Q&A With Dr. Karen Rayne
Dr. Karen Rayne, sexuality educator, speaker, and editor of Help Your Kids with Adolescence, shares tips to help parents better understand what's going on with their tweens and teens.
Grown-Up Reads
7 Great Books to Help Parents and Their Kids Grow This Summer
Looking to add more tools to your parenting skillset and gain insights that will help your kids grow this summer? Check out these smart titles!
Grown-Up Reads
Tips & Advice
From Teacher to Parent: Positive Discipline Tools That Work
The Positive Discipline approach provides a model that takes everyday misbehaviors and turns these trying moments into opportunities to teach children the important life skills they’ll need to be successful in the long-term.