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Mom Gives Birth to Family’s 1st Boy in 50 Years

"I just knew I was having a girl."

Parents, It’s Your #1 Job to Get in Your Kids’ Way at All Times. Kids Do Not Deserve Privacy.

I am an assistant principal in a middle school (grades 6-8). When I have to search a student's cell phone, I often get sick to my stomach at what I find. It gets worse and worse every year.

5 Ways You Are Ruining Your Child’s Life Without Even Realizing It

There are five parenting traps that many well-intentioned modern parents fall into without even knowing it.

Heidi Chandler

Heidi Chandler is an award-winning author and freelancer. She holds a degree in journalism with a specialty in English from Michigan State University, as well as a degree in secondary education. Heidi lives in Texas with her husband and two sons. To find out more, visit www.heidichandler.com.

Let Them Bleed

"These days if you don’t hover over your kid at the park, anticipating any falls that might result in Band-Aid use, you’re a bad parent."

“Are You Mad You Don’t Have a Girl?”

"The question caught me off guard, like the car in your blind spot when you’re changing lanes, the one that lays on the horn and gives you the finger and sends your heart into a series of herky-jerky palpitations that make you wonder if you should dial 911."

To the Mom Kissing Her Kid’s Boo-Boos

"These days if you don’t hover over your kid at the park, anticipating any falls that might result in Band-Aid use, you’re a bad parent."