Companies are starting to allow new parents to bring their infants along into the workplace. The Parenting in the Workplace Institute report about 200 companies in the United States participating. Guidelines are enforced to make the program run smoothly, such as only allowing non-crawling babies between 6 weeks and 6 months, and having a designated backup caregiver if needed. With

Over the last several years, the go-to for parenting has been to step in when your kids are about to fail, but this has been shown to have negative effects on self esteem. It’s time to get out of the “everyone gets a trophy” mindset and start setting our kids up to succeed by letting them fail. You can help

Too much screen time is detrimental to kids in a number of ways: negative impacts on sleep, increased risk of obesity, and decreased concentration. This is why it is important to set healthy boundaries with your kids. Make sure your child knows the boundaries, enforce them, and don’t confuse them with punishments. When limits are part of the routine, they

One concerned mom recently wrote to Alpha Mom for advice on how to handle a situation involving a daycare provider and processed food. Concerned Mom doesn’t want her youngest child’s tastes to be dictated by the chocolate milk and sugary cereal served at daycare. Alpha Mom recommends that she takes advantage of the option to send her kids to school

Target has announced plans to get rid of gender designation signs in sections of the store including kids’ toys and bedding as a response to consumer requests. This started after a tweet from a mother who encountered signs for ‘Building Sets’ and ‘Girls Building Sets’ in the toy aisle. Target management hopes that doing away with gendered signage will help

You took the test, you’ve had doctor’s appointments, and your belly is growing. You KNOW you’re going to have a baby, but when did things actually start feeling real? Was it when you decorated the nursery? One mom-to-be describes her “aha” moment as when she was touring the infant room of a daycare. Between that, the nursery items being delivered,

It can be tough to consistently pack healthy and tasty school lunches. The following tips were designed to help make packing lunches easier. One of the most important things to do is plan ahead. If you get groceries over the weekend and get prep out of the way, your mornings should be smoother. Create a formula for lunch such as