The Parenting Advice I Wish I'd Heard When I Was A New Mom

March 25, 2013 Subscribe · Forward The Parenting Advice I Wish I'd Heard When I Was A New Mom "Remember, you're still you." That was the parenting advice I heard given to a mother-to-be last week. "You're still you." I loved it. It was perfect. I wished someone had told it to me when I was a new mom. Because in the early days of being a parent, it's easy to forget. And in the not-so-early days of being a parent, it's easy to forget. Continue reading... 10 Things I Learned When I Stopped Yelling At My Kids What I Want For My Daughter Who Can't Speak The Safety Issue Parents Need To Take More Seriously LOOK: Emotional Moment With Kristen Bell And Dax Shepard Is A Tear-Jerker The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week LOOK: How A Miniature Horse Is Helping This Boy With Special Needs How To Be A Perfect Parent In 5 Easy Steps (Or Probably Never) DR. PEGGY DREXLER Girl Power -- But at What Cost? While girl power, the movement that began in the early 90s, has aimed to empower many young girls to be ambitious, assertive, and self-reliant, that girl power as interpreted on TV and in film is slowly but surely seeping into our streets as something more sinister. Continue reading... LOREN RIDINGER Learning to Let Your Children Go Watching your child grow into an independent individual is an incredible experience filled with highs and lows. And once their grown, it's even more of a challenge to step back and let your child make their own decisions. Continue reading... ASHA DORNFEST Why Parents Need To Think Differently About Time You -- and only you -- get to decide what's important to your family. Not the modern culture of "more" and "faster." Not the experts. Not even your mother. You choose what your family considers valuable, enriching and fun. Continue reading... COMMON SENSE MEDIA How to Be a Fun Dad But Still Be in Control As a dad, I constantly feel torn between needing to be a strict "Tiger Dad" vs. wanting to be a "fun dad." On the one hand, I have a responsibility to protect my kids. On the other hand, I want to have close bonds with them, to share in their lives, and not to be the bad guy all the time. Continue reading... CHARITY CURLEY MATHEWS Out With Plastic, In With Porcelain: Why I Replaced the Kids' Dishes As a mom who blogs about cooking for kids, there are two things that I keep reading about: an inspiring Montessori approach to eating, and weird news stories about BPA. That's why I decided to pack up the plastic dishes this week. The new ones are glass (gulp), porcelain (double gulp) and metal (actually, no gulp). Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003