Parenting

Having grown up in a traditional Jewish family, I’ve fancied myself somewhat of an expert on guilt. Turns out, I’m much more familiar with shame. Did you just have a visceral response — and not a good one — reading that word? Shame. There it is again. Most of us have an aversion to shame: our own,

We all remember them — the remarks that our parents repeated ad nauseam throughout our childhood: “Wait until your father gets home!” “Because I said so!” “Wipe that look off your face!” Let’s face it: These kinds of comments are still grating after all these years. Now we’re the parents — a new,

Lynnwood dad Billy Farrow can throw a tea party like nobody’s business. He gets plenty of tea-drinking practice as the main caretaker for his daughters, Gwen, 3, and Jane, 1, while his wife, Tanya Farrow, works as a second-grade teacher. In between his night and weekend shifts as a restaurant manage

The year 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of Kindering, a not-for-profit neurodevelopmental center founded in 1962 by five Eastside mothers of preschoolers with disabilities.  In the five decades Kindering has been providing early intervention services and support, the number of children helped has g

Anger is a natural, healthy emotion. And like all emotions, anger needs to be expressed — the key is learning to express it appropriately. It’s important for adolescents to understand that anger is normal and is felt by everyone. Anger is also powerful, in part because it is fueled by adrenaline. T

Peer pressure is a reality of growing up. Though it's out of our control as parents, there are things we can do to support our teen and help her successfully navigate the peer-pressure pitfalls. First, talk with your teen and help them set healthy boundaries on using drugs, drinking, having sex or

  Oh, Mama! Every year we want to plan the perfect Mother's Day trifecta of food, fun, and family time for that special lady who makes our world go 'round. We've assembled a mix-and-matchable set of great ideas for planning Mom's day — with a little forethought, you've got all the makings of

Before kids, Lorraine Wilde had a great job managing supplies for a chemistry lab in Bellingham, a vibrant college town. It was the kind of job she’d trained for when she earned her master’s degree in environmental science, the kind of job she thought she’d have forever. But her plans changed in a h