Parenting and Advice
Tips & Advice
All Work and No Play? Easy Ways to Add More Fun to the Everyday
It turns out fun is not folly — it’s actually the rich stuff that holds us all together. As the old saying goes: Families who play together, stay together.
Grown-Up Reads
Arianna Huffington on Her Romance with Words and Restful Nights
We chatted with Arianna Huffington, author of The Sleep Revolution, about sleep for parents, bedtime reading, her lifelong love of words, and more.
Tween
4 Mistakes I Made Trying to Raise a Middle School Reader
When my son entered middle school, I made some mistakes in my efforts to ensure he continued to read for fun. Now, my family is working together to correct them.
Grown-Up Reads
9 Books for Stay-at-Home Parents Returning to Work
Whether you’ve stayed at home with your children for a couple of years or a couple of decades, there are unique challenges to returning to work. Here are some books that can help along the way.
Grown-Up Reads
Tips & Advice
Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: 4 Keys to Resolving Conflict with Your Kid
Every parent and child fights — and these guidelines from negotiation expert Dr. Shapiro can help moms and dads resolve conflicts with kids of all ages.
Grown-Up Reads
Over the River and Through the Woods: Lesley Stahl on Becoming Grandma
Becoming a gran exhilarated me with a new purpose. The change was so big and granular and unexpected, I wanted to understand it. So I took out my reporter’s notepad and a tape recorder and set off on a journey, a quest, to find out what was happening to me.
Grown-Up Reads
Tips & Advice
From Mother to Daughter: Passing Reading Memories Forward
As I began to read, the smell of the books and the words of the poem truly made me teary. I could remember my mom reading it to me. I could remember each and every line after all these years.
Just For Fun
Tips & Advice
Mother Knows Best: 9 Bits of Mom Wisdom Shared by Brightly Readers
We asked Brightly readers to share the best bits of wisdom passed down to them by their moms. These were some of the best answers we heard.
Just For Fun
5 Fun Parenting Lessons from the Animal Kingdom
These sweet, funny, and oh-so-real animal facts prove that there are parenting lessons to be found among all species — humans, bees, and sharks alike.
Just For Fun
How Visiting My Local Library Makes Me a Better Parent
I can sometimes be an impatient, scatterbrained, distracted parent. But when I'm at the library with my children, I feel certain I’m getting this one thing right.
Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
An Expert’s Opinion: What Parents Can Do That Apps Can’t
Reading is one of the most complex cognitive tasks we ask our brains to do, and it brings together a wide range of interacting skills that takes years to develop.
Growing Reader
7 Early Signs Your Child May Have a Reading Issue
As a parent and educator who has dealt with learning struggles, I encourage other parents to know these seven common red-flag signs of a reading issue.
