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This One Tool Simplified Hundreds of Parenting Decisions

Parentotheca’s Newsletter Learn. Parent. Grow.​​Issue #9 ???? Hello Friends This year started intense in our house: new projects, celebrations, a packed kids’

The Gardener and the Carpenter by Alison Gopnik – Book Summary, Notes and Quotes

The Gardener and the Carpenter What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and

The New Year’s Resolutions That Changed My Parenting

Parentotheca’s Newsletter Learn. Parent. Grow.​​Issue #8 Hello Friends! And Happy (slightly belated) New Year! By now, the decorations are packed

The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins – Book Summary, Notes and Quotes

The 5 Second Rule Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage Mel Robbins Mel Robbins Productions Inc. (22

The Books We Are Excited to Read in 2026

Happy New Year, friends. January has become reading-list season around here. Every year, I publish the books I plan to

2025 Year Review – Best Books of The Year

Some years stroll by. This one sprinted. I blinked and suddenly we were hanging Christmas lights again.  Maybe it’s age,

Don’t Let Christmas Chaos Win – Create the Magic Your Kids Remember

Parentotheca’s Newsletter Learn. Parent. Grow.​​Issue #7 – November 2025 Hello Friends, November vanished in a blink. I started the month

The Alter Ego Effect by Todd Herman – Book Summary, Notes and Quotes

The Alter Ego Effect The Power Of Secret Identities To Transform Your LIfe Todd Herman HarperCollins (15 Mar. 2019) Book

Best Board Games for Family Fun and Screen-Free Play

If you know our family, you already know we’re a mostly TV-free, low-screen household. Not because we’re trying to win

5 Books That Will Change How You Think About Screens

In the early 2000s, public health officials faced a stubborn problem: teen smoking rates weren’t dropping fast enough. Traditional messages