Parenting

“Sometimes couples don’t even realise they would have strongly believed in this stuff until they have a baby,” says Shaw. “It also brings up issues for the couple around problem-solving, how they manage under stress, really being there for each other, and equity and fairness.” The more children a couple has, the more likely their relationship is to take a …

Many of us step into the job of parent with little to no training. Couple this with the fact that once you become a parent, you have even less free time to devote to learning new things. Of course, this is where the best parenting books can help. Download some to your Kindle, as an audio book for the car …

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My wife and I (both women) welcomed our first child together last year. Her parents live locally, and since this is their first grandchild, they are very excited to be so involved in his life. We are excited, …

Comment on this storyComment Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: I feel like a jerk for asking this question. I know people are trying to find joy wherever possible. But am I in the wrong for wanting to be the one to plan my own baby’s first birthday party? The grandparents on both sides — my mom, dad, stepmom, …

Comment on this storyComment Dear Sahaj: I am working on a writing project while being a stay-at-home mom to a 1-year-old. My husband and I have decided not to put our baby in day care yet. It has been exhausting trying to care for him and get work done. I am a second generation Indian American and I come from …

Modern parenting is tricky. In the internet age, there is a vast amount of information to wade through, leaving parents second-guessing their child-rearing decisions. What’s the best way to raise children? Discipline them? Support them? It can get confusing. To make some parenting challenges a little easier, new parenting styles are emerging that provide a guide to help parents align …

We talk a lot about the difficulties of early parenthood. Between the birthing parent’s healing from the massive health event that is having a baby, to functioning on fragmented sleep, to learning the ropes of caring for a tiny human…it’s a lot.  But here’s something we don’t talk about enough: The complicated emotional experience of that beautifully chaotic, bleary-eyed first …

A ton of parenting-related items are on sale for Prime Big Deal Days. Here are our favorite deals so far: We get it — something parents famously do not have is an abundance of time, especially for deal hunting. That’s where we come in. We’ve rounded up the best deals for parents during Amazon’s second Prime Day of the year, …