Remember the baby books we pored over to track all of those early developmental milestones? The chapters on tummy time, solid foods, walking, talking, colors, letters, numbers, reading and on and on.

There aren’t a lot of Harvard students who’ve worked as camp counselors, but I can usually spot them: they have a combination of flexibility and interpersonal savvy that makes them good leaders. I ...

I’ve written about this before, but it bears repeating: Should responsibility for kids’ online safety lie with operating systems and app stores, or with the applications themselves? At first glance, ...

We have three kids, ages 7, 9, and 12 We've talked about the privileges and responsibilities revolving around independence as they age. This has helped them gain the independence they need while ...

Without any kind of conscious effort, many of the things parents naturally did in the 70s and 80s taught their kids to be ...

A week or so ago I offered my son $2 to shovel the front steps. (We have a lot of them.) It was late afternoon and I was staring down another hour of work, walking the dog and making dinner. Not only ...

Money can be a difficult subject in many households, yet open conversations about financial choices shape a child’s relationship with money for life. When families share how they budget, save, and ...

Gardening has long been considered a simple hobby, but when families take part in it together, it becomes something much more profound. Working with soil, seeds, and plants creates valuable life ...