There’s a phenomenon that regularly occurs in parenting that we need to discuss. It’s called default parent syndrome. You probably know what we’re talking about: when one parent becomes the default parent and one parent becomes the back-up parent. Parenting magazines, websites, and the mainstream news media have picked up on this. They highlight one unfortunate by-product of the default/back-up parenting dynamic, which is that the parent who falls into

This year, National Teenager Day falls on the first day of Spring: Saturday, March 21st. That means you get to celebrate two amazing things at once: the magic of Spring, and the joy of teenagers. That’s right, we said the joy of teenagers. We mean it. If there’s a teenager in your life, March 21st is the day to honor them, celebrate them, and tell them how much you appreciate

When people think of a single parent, most envision a single mom. A young, single mom. They’re not wrong: there are more young, single moms than any other type of single parent in the U.S. But not all single parents are moms. And they’re not all young. Single parents can dads, grandmas, grandpas, aunts, uncles, or foster parents of either gender. There’s only one criterion a person needs to meet

Every year, we celebrate Incredible Kid Day on the third Thursday in March. This year, Incredible Kid Day – or Absolutely Incredible Kid Day, as it’s properly called – comes on March 21st. Founded in 1997, the purpose of Absolutely Incredible Kid Day is simple: tell the kids in your life what makes them incredible. This day started so adults don’t make the mistake of assuming the kids in their