Editor’s note: Please welcome our latest guest author, Kristin Cantu. Kristin is here today to tell us about Thrive, a blog written by the fine folks over at Children’s Hospital in Boston. I knew you’d appreciate knowing about another fine resource online.
Thrive: flu updates, child health, and the latest research on issues that [...]

Editor’s note: please welcome Mary Ward to Earnest Parenting! I was very pleased that she chose to share this topic with us; it’s very important information for any family that has gaming systems in the home.
Most of today’s parents are familiar with the video game rating system, which rates video games according to their [...]

Hey, over at GNMParents we’re talking about your biggest parenting pet peeves. Won’t you join in and tell me yours?
Hubby’s pet peeve is pretty similar to mine. “When it’s bedtime, it’s bedtime. Go to bed, boys!!!”
photo credit: Nicholas Kennedy

Hello, Internets! Today we have a guest post written by Alan Murray. Do welcome him to the site, won’t you please?

How much sleep does a baby need?
When you have your baby the only time you can relax and do other important things is when your baby sleeps. Sleep deprivation is very common during [...]

Last weekend I admitted to our pastor that Hubby and I almost never hire babysitters. Apparently this is a shocking admission….pastor was concerned enough to announce it to our entire (yet pretty small) congregation. Which resulted in my having to reassure our neighbor that we’re fine, really, because there are opportunities to go out and [...]

(Editorial note: I’d like to welcome Sarah Scrafford as Earnest Parenting’s very first guest author! I’m very impressed with Sarah’s article and I have thoughts on it! Do you? If so, see you in the comments.)
Do Interfering Parents Raise Successful Children?

Being a parent is one of the best feelings in the world; [...]