All posts by Wendy Helfenbaum

  • The Secret Language of Parents

    It was pretty darn close to my little guy’s bedtime. Actually, I just wished it were. Hubby and I were exhausted after a long day of chasing him up and down the street as he biked à...

    • Posted August 23, 2022
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  • Raise Financially Savvy Children

    A couple of months ago, I picked up a pretty cool item from the liquidation shelf at a store: a large lidded glass jar featuring a coin slot and digital display– a bank that counted your money...

    • Posted August 23, 2022
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  • What to do if your tween wants to date.

    Nine-year-old Alec Greven’s handwritten pamphlet, How to Talk to Girls sold like cupcakes at his suburban Colorado school fair. Then, it became a New York Times best-selling book. Packed with newbie dating advice including, “Some pretty girls...

    • Posted July 22, 2022
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  • When is the right time to go back to work after having a baby?

    Having a baby is exciting, exhausting, and expensive. At some point between midnight feedings and mountains of diaper changes, you will need to decide when or whether to return to work. This choice is often fraught with...

    • Posted February 9, 2021
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  • “Mommy, when do I get to be a big brother?”

    I realized that I was the only mom at my son's school who wasn't either pregnant or dragging along a toddler. I wondered if my little boy had noticed, too. I didn't have to wait long to...

    • Posted December 5, 2017
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  • My dirty little secret: I was a breastfeeding bust

      Yeah, yeah, I know. Breast is best. During my pre-natal classes, I received 44 handouts, including “50 reasons why you must breastfeed”, and a list of support groups for nursing moms, compared with one poorly-photocopied diagram...

    • Posted February 14, 2017
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  • How to answer non-stop questions

    Are you ready, parents? Because here they come, the non-stop questions you’ve just been dying to answer: “Mommy, when will I have fluff on my butterfly?” “Dad, why does my penis stick out sometimes?” “I know you...

    • Posted December 12, 2016
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  • Keeping the spark

      For Emma Avery* and her husband John, regularly scheduled date nights are absolutely sacred. So is travelling. Alone. Away from their two children, aged four and six, who are happy to stay with a doting babysitter.“We...

    • Posted September 30, 2011
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