Dr. Heather Wittenberg, The BabyShrink

💚 Character Matters 💚 Good Deeds Matter 💚 Talk with your kids about your family’s morals and values 💚 The kids soak in those messages 💚 Mahalo to ➡️ ⬅️ awesome exhibits 🐙🦑🦐🦞🦀🐡🐠🐟🐬🐳🐋🦈

Progress and The “Botox Brow” method of parenting teenagers

Column: Boys are wearing U.S. Women’s National Team jerseys and that feels like progress Boys and girls alike are walking around with the names of female athletes on their backs. You don’t wear someone’s name on your back unless you revere them, respect their game, dream a little bit about being more like them.

💛 Our personalities are different from birth 💛 We need each other 💛 We each represent parts of a necessary whole 💛 Left, Right, Center are all needed 💛 IN BALANCE 💛 We must work together towards peace among us 💛 For the sake of all children 💛

Can I just say? 💜Still the best name for a potty training book EVER 💜 **pjokes

Can I just say? 💗 STILL the best Potty Training book title EVER 💗 **pjokes

A “Food Pyramid” for kids’ screen time - awesome ideas here 👇🏼

A Food Pyramid for Kids' Media Consumption Researchers are beginning to study screen-based media in all its forms. We've distilled their findings into some handy recommendations.

🌺 Hope you enjoyed your Mother’s Day 🌺..
🐞 Here’s a Ladybug for Good Luck 🐞

🌼 Wise Mother’s Day advice from 🌼..
🌼”Listening” isn’t “Judging”
Say: “I can see you’re mad. But it’s not candy time now.” ..
🌼 Don’t wait for an agreement. The limit has been stated - with empathy AND with firmness. Don’t repeat yourself...
🌼 Don’t get mad. Stay centered. Be matter-of-fact. The more certain and relaxed you are, the faster your child will move on from this point...
🌼 (PS: The candy’s for YOU, Mom) 🌼🍫🍬🍸🍧🍰🌼

💗 Weekend Wisdom 💗
💗Sometimes we all need an Emotional Support Kitten 💗

😜🤣 Plus a plunger in every bathroom, amiright?! 🤣😜via

Stage 7 = ALL my Stages 😁

Our pediatricians are so overworked these days, often they don’t stop to ask permission to examine our child. But these docs are resilient, and can handle a good reminder like the one mentioned here

My Daughter Told Her Pediatrician He Had to Ask Permission to Touch Her Our kids are being taught to express their boundaries and not worry about the outcome

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

Man Sleeps 5 Hours a Night as "Experiment," Moms Everywhere Are Like, So? Man says if he sleeps only 5 hours a night for one week and survives, he's accomplished a great feat. Moms everywhere are like hahahaha, sure bruh.

Here is my legislative wish list for the new Congress: We need early childhood education, healthcare for all kiddos, prenatal care for all, guaranteed childcare assistance, parental leave for both parents, and new parent training classes for all ..... oh and did I mention, every single one of these policies will SAVE costs in the long run?

We Can't Stop Smiling at All These Congresswomen Who Brought Their Kids to Day 1 at Work The kids got to see their moms sworn in today.

I’ll never pay my kids to clean their room or do the dishes. Here’s why:

The Way American Parents Think About Chores Is Bizarre Children naturally want to help at a very early age—but many families wait to conscript them until that desire has faded.

Your middle schooler’s brain is under renovation. This is a great way to deal with it:

How do I tell my wonderful 11 year old son, (in a way that won’t tear him down), that the way he has started talking to me (disrespectful... Answer (1 of 20): Ah, puberty. It changes our sweet, wonderful little boys into sweet, eye-rolling, angsty, accidentally disrespectful, but still wonderful young proto-men. My first son is eleven and a half right now. (I’ve been informed that the half is important.) I don’t claim to know the bes...

So much fun! Talking potty training, toddler sleep, meltdowns, and food with Kristen and Liz of Cool Mom Picks last week! Thanks for the great discussion, ladies -- and thanks for your followers' GREAT questions!

Surviving the toddler years with Dr. Heather Wittenberg aka The BabyShrink We know how tough those toddler years can be, which is why we're thrilled to get your questions answered by Dr. Heather Wittenberg aka The BabyShrink.

💜 ALL the folks who take care of our kids are SO important 💜

'Bus driver from heaven' rescued children from California wildfire Kevin McKay drove the school bus along gridlocked, dark roads as pockets of fire burned all around. Nearly two dozen elementary school children were on board with him.

Every baby should have a grandma like this :)

Here’s the p**p on p**p!

Kids Fear Flushing When P**p Seems Personal Look, you don't donate blood every day. It's at least a little understandable.

Amazing man! Quite a story

He donated blood every week for 60 years and saved the lives of 2.4 million babies

He donated blood every week for 60 years and saved the lives of 2.4 million babies James Harrison was called the man with the golden arm. Every batch of Anti-D that has ever been made in Australia has come from his blood.

I just love how Daniel Hashimoto reminds us what childhood imagination is REALLY like!!

Action Movie Kid - Volume 6 A look back at almost a year of adventures with my very amazing family. Stay tuned for some of our biggest adventures yet. Support our family by sharing and ...