Raising kids - xoJane

In Defense Of Princesses

Marianne — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:00:00 -0500

I understand the motivation behind people’s disdain for princesses and the whole princess marketing megashark that never stops swimming and eating all of us. But princesses pretty much kick ass.

Accepting Your Daughter Means She Might Not be "Pretty," But She Will Be Beautiful

s.e. smith — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:00:00 -0400

There’s this kind of idealized dream of little girls, as sugar and spice and everything nice, which results in huge amounts of pressure to make them as femmey as possible at all times.

"We Can't Afford It": Teaching Kids the Value of Money

Amy Keyishian of LearnVest — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:30:20 -0400

Teaching kids about money is hard -- we should cut ourselves some slack.

I'm a Stay-at-Home Dad: How We Make It Work Socially and Financially

Chris Routly for LearnVest — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:00:27 -0400

I think, for many dads out there, the reason for becoming “at-home dads” is actually twofold -- both financially based and a chosen decision.