Parenting

Helpful Tips from your Postpartum Experts

Parenting has no single roadmap. This section gives you research-backed strategies, real-life ideas, and practical tools to help you in the everyday mess and magic. You’ll find posts on things like emotional coaching, behavior strategies, communication, self-care for parents, and family rhythms. Think of this as your toolkit: you pick what fits, adapt as life changes, and grow with your child rather than chasing perfection.

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Turn motherhood into a community

Three examples. Ready? Set? Go.  The Professional Example Interesting how this executive frames up SoulCycle here: One of the key values at SoulCycle is non-competitiveness. Cyclers don’t compete with each other. Rather they share the burden of the exercise together, pressing down on their peddles and bopping on their handlebars...
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What documents does a new parent need?

Great article here on The Washington Post about this topic. With so much going on as a new parent, the forms and logistics can often slide to the back of your mind. No bueno. The items: Birth Certificate: No brainer. Here are the vital records centers in Massachusetts. Social Security Card: Cool thing is...
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Paternity leave seems to be on the rise

Paternity leave on the rise is logically a good thing, I'd argue. Here's some new-ish stats: in 1994, men in the U.S. were taking two weeks or more of paternity leave at a rate of around 5,800 per month. In 2015, it was 22,000 per month. That data is from the...
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How to rock being a working mom

I actually don't want to belabor this point, because there are entire sections of bookstores on this topic. This is just meant to be a short blog post. I'm not out here trying to solve the problems of the world. Plus, I don't like to get political here. I just...
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Tips for kids on airplanes

One of my friends was on an airplane recently with a screaming baby/toddler. She herself is going to fly NYC to Seattle with her baby (currently about 7 months; he'll be 9 months at the time of the trip) and was mortified. On this particular flight, everyone was moaning, groaning,...
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The best apps for new parents!

Give or take -- and rising every day -- there are about 2.2 million Android apps and 2M+ Apple store apps. Remember the initial marketing of the Apple Store? “There’s an app for that?” Well, by this point we have apps for virtually every major moment in life -- from...
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Helpful tips from your team at Well Supported Family.

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