Follow these 5 golden rules to stop arguing with your teen
Disagreements with your kid can be healthy and annoying. Here’s how to find those teachable moments.
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Dealing with your teenager (and yourself) when they hurt your feelings
How to transform your teenager’s meltdowns in 4 easy-to-follow steps.
Here’s what to do when your tween or teenager says, “I hate you”
7 steps for handling the H bombs, and things you should most definitely avoid.
Prototype your inner smart parent with this free interactive worksheet
From emotional validation to commanding less, we’ve rounded up our top 3 favorite expert-backed practices.
How to raise mentally fit kids in a tech-obsessed world
Despite the uphill battle parents face around social media and mental health, there is a silving lining.
Celebrating the holidays as a family without losing your mind
From self-care tips to life editing hacks, here’s how you can make the most out of your holiday season.
The importance of validating our kids’ difficult emotions
In our smart parenting toolkit in collaboration with Teen Brain Trust, level up your smart parenting with emotional validation tools.
Introducing our Smart Parenting Toolkit to transform old habits
Where growth mindset shifts meet habit-building practices to parent smarter, not harder.
How to tackle climate change together as a family
On the heels of COP26 and youth climate activism beyond Greta Thunberg, it’s clear we’ve all got a part to play.
How to keep our teens safe in the wake of Astroworld
Due to recent crowd surge fatalities at Travis Scott’s music festival, experts weigh in with preventative measures parents can take today.
Top 5 adventure films that will bring out your inner Jack Sparrow
No need to hit replay on ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ once you’ve queued up these swashbuckling hits.
The pandemic pulled the trigger on Gen Z’s tourette-like tic
While TikTok may be contributing to the rising tic in teenage girls, the culprit has everything to do with mental health triggers.
Smart parenting shifts body shaming issues to body positivity
If body image issues take root at an early age, shouldn’t body positivity education in the home be top of mind?
Parenting autistic teens is accepting the gift of neurodiverse development
It’s time we humanize kids with autism because “there is someone out there praying for what you have.”
Normalizing sex education goes beyond the one-and-done ‘sex talk’
How to lean into the awkward nature of sex and sexuality education to support our tweens and teens.
In the leadup to the UN Climate Summit, Fridays for Future shows the power of teen activism
Will teens and their parent activists save the world from the climate crisis?
If Instagram causes negative mental health, what’s the future of social media?
While social media is getting a bad rep, promising interventions can curb mental health issues.
Is back to school your worst nightmare or greatest resilience?
While sending our kids back hasn’t been the freshest start, it’s an opportunity to remember what’s most important.
Apparently, the newsletter-first community for smart parenting has launched
If parenting can be one of the more stressful jobs on this planet, can it also be the most rewarding one too?
Back to school in the post-pandemic is a time for empowerment
As our kids head back to school, there’s never been a better time to step up as parents and educators.