The Doctor and The Dadusing psychology studies to pump up your parenting skills
Tell anyone you’re the parent of a two-year-old, and you’re bound to hear a response like this: “Uh oh.” “Good luck!” “The Terrrrrible Twos…” (Cue spooky haunted house music here.) It’s true that two-year-olds have a serious reputation for being The Worst. But in our latest article on the PBS Parents website, we ask the […]
Pop quiz, moms… Who comes first: your husband or your kids? Think that’s a strange question? Well, so do we. (More on that in a sec.) But multiple blogs have been written by lots of different people vehemently arguing one side or the other. “Husbands First or Kids First?” is one of those annoying debates […]
Think talking with your hands is only for mimes, stereotypical Italian families, and people who cut you off during rush hour? Think again. Our latest article on the PBS Parents website shows how the gestures that you use can do wonders for your children’s language development!
Do you ever feel like your kids will only listen to you if you’re SCREAMING AT THEM AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS?!?! Well guess what? You’re not alone! Getting kids to listen to us adults is definitely no easy task. But it turns out that simply yelling at those little mischief-makers is rarely the best way to […]
Our latest article for the PBS Parents website is all about the best ways to help stressed-out kids learn to relax. It starts like this (but we bet you can’t even imagine how it ends!): As much as we’d like to believe our kids’ lives should be full of nothing but giggles, rainbows and carefree tickle fights with talking, animated […]
If you’ve ever read our blog, bought our highly rated parenting book, or spoken to us for at least thirty seconds straight, you know that the Doctor and the Dad like to crack us some jokes. Ask our kids about it, and they’ll tell you the exact same thing. (Except for the nonverbal three-month-old, who’ll audibly fill her […]
In the Doctor and the Dad’s newest article on the PBS Parents website, we show you: a cool way to play, talk and learn with your child Then we show you: a cool way to play, talk and learn with your child After that, we show you: a cool way to play, talk and learn […]