My 6-year old daughter came home from school one day, and she proudly declared that everyone in her class said that she was nicest girl in school. While my initial thought was to say “wow!” and celebrate it, I paused before replying. “How did that make you feel?” I ask...

If you’re a parent, we’ve all seen our children fall, figuratively and literally. Sometimes we pick them up and check for bruises, sometimes we pause and see if they’ll pick themselves up. Rarely does a child stay down—they cry, get bruised, but eventually, they stand...

When my daughter was a little over two months old, I went back to my full time job. I lived an hour and a half away from work, and the hours in publishing were long and grueling. 30 minutes in the morning, and a goodnight kiss to my sleeping baby was all the time I spe...