The Quiet Collapse of Competent Women: Why Strength Should Never Mean Silence
There is a particular kind of suffering that hides in plain sight. It wears mascara. It shows up to parent-teacher conferences. It remembers birthdays,…
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Purple Flowers, Cow Pies, and the Early Math Magic of Toddler Sorting Games
If You’ve Ever Walked With a Toddler, You Know the World Has Rules. And Joy. If you’re a parent, teacher, or auntie, you might…
Top 10 Conversations to Have Before College: A Guide for Parents
They’ve packed the twin XL sheets, picked a major, and filled out the roommate questionnaire. Maybe you’ve walked the campus or cried in the…
What Is Time Management for Teens with ADHD, Really?
Time management for teens isn’t about stickers or schedules. It’s a developmental skill rooted in neurological maturity, shaped by the prefrontal cortex—an area of…
Recognizing PMAD Symptoms: When Perinatal Mental Health Becomes a Crisis
Recognizing the Signs of PMADs and Perinatal Mental Health Crises Not all postpartum mental health symptoms are visible—and not all pain is quiet. In…
Menopause, Memory, Mood, and Midlife Power: A Love Letter to The Change
Menopause, Memory, Mood and Midlife Power: A Love Letter to The Change A modern pagan fable about menopause, memory, and mothering yourself back to…
Summer Transitions and Executive Functioning Support for Parents
Before We Begin: Why We’re Sharing This School may have just let out, but many of you are already looking ahead. Maybe there’s still…
Family Travel Survival Guide: How to Make Trips with Kids Suck Less
Let’s get one thing straight: if you’re traveling with children, you’re not on vacation. You’re on a trip. A logistical expedition powered by snacks,…
Not Broken, Just Tired: Why Disability Leave Is Critical for PMAD Recovery | Part 1
Somewhere between the baby shower and the first diaper change, or month 3, 6 or 9 or 12 something shifts. Sleep becomes fragmented. Identity…
When the System Feels Like a Second Job: What Northern Virginia Parents Need to Know About Special Education, Waivers, and Advocacy
The first time a parent sat on my couch and wept after an IEP meeting, she wasn’t mourning a diagnosis. She knew her child…
On Fatherhood: What It Can Be, and What Our Sons and Daughters Deserve
There is a particular grace to fatherhood when it is chosen not merely biologically, but emotionally, relationally, and ethically. In a world saturated with…
Time Management, Headaches, and the Myth of Getting It All Done
What If Every Morning Was Your Sunday? I was on a Zoom call with someone from the Small Business Administration. If you are building…
Burn the Parenting Books: Why “Gentle” and “Attachment” Parenting Need a Reality Check
When I hear people wax poetic about gentle parenting or attachment parenting, I want to scream into a pillow or, depending on the day,…
What Is Self-Compassion-Based Care? A Neurodivergent-Affirming Approach to Healing
In June of 2007, Vermont pulsed with life. The landscape was drenched in chlorophyll and ferns unfurling along the edges of trails with possibility,…
What Is Neurodiversity Affirming Support? A Compassionate Approach to Autism, ADHD, and Sensory Differences
At The Parents and Children Project, there is a moment we witness again and again. It is a moment with a visible exhale. A…
Therapy Across the Lifespan: Inclusive Care for All Ages and Identities
There is something quietly radical about bearing witness to the full spectrum of a human life: not only the grief and rupture, but the…
Debunking the Myth: Academic Success Doesn’t Bar Special Ed Eligibility
If you’ve ever been told by a school administrator or special education team, “Your child isn’t struggling academically, so they don’t qualify for special…
Give the Kid the Damn Life Jacket: What Parenting Really Means (and What Happens When You Never Got One)
If you’ve ever gone canoeing at camp, you probably remember the drill: life jacket first. Before anyone even touches a paddle, there’s that safety…
Standing Up to Judgmental Strangers and Finding Light in the Hard Moments
When You Judge My Kid, I Might Just Ask for $25,000 (and Annoy the Piss Out of You) You know the look. That sideways…
Mom’s Strike: How I Stopped Being My Family’s Free Labor and Let the Chaos Be the Teacher
As a mom of two (15 and 20), I did something radical: I went on strike. Not the “spa weekend” kind of break. I…
