Sleeping with your phone in your bedroom is never a good idea, but it's even worse when you're bullied online because it's too tempting to stay up all night trying to "fix" the situation - which isn't possible anyway.

In my own family, my mother had my sister when I was 15 and for various reasons, I was extremely involved in raising her.

Mothers and fathers do really crazy things with the best of intentions.

I’m sorry that people are so jealous of me [Gretchen Wieners], but I can’t help it that I’m popular.

I think that giving mindless praise is ridiculous. But I understand why parents do it. They want their kids to feel good about themselves. But parents are never going to teach their children true, positive self esteem by praising everything they do.

Being a parent does not give you an excuse for bad manners.

Communicating a passionate response to world events is no longer limited to protests and rallies.