Archives: raising richmond

Swearing off screen time: The worst diet ever

Yeah, yeah. If kids watch anything on a screen, their brains will melt or whatever. But Hayley DeRoche REALLY does not want to read that same book aloud for the 39th time today.

Feral Man-Child: One day without my family

It didn’t go super well.

A marshmallow year: Looking back and letting go

The baby is gone. Long live the toddler.

2015 Parenting in Review

Sam Davies looks back on how he’s grown right alongside his daughters this year—and looks forward to trying harder on certain aspects in 2016.

Hygge at home

Let’s say it gets cold outside at some point. You’re going to want to know about the benefits of hygge.

Daddy, what’s an “F-bomb?”

Sam Davies deliberately told his young daughters about the f-word. Like, he said it with his mouth. To them. To children. On purpose. He thinks he might have effed up.

An anxious parent’s calming list

Some of the very worst things that can happen and why we should worry just a little bit less.

Our low-stress, high-comfort holiday season

Sam Davies wonders what the fuss is about. Make your own traditions! Do what you want! #waronstress

Raising a reader this holiday season

Hayley DeRoche, our resident librarian, gives us tips for what to gift the kids in your life and what to gift yourself, too.

S.A.D. dad: Living with both depression and children

Sam Davies sometimes just has to cry it out, particularly when the daylight hours wane. And sometimes his kid is right next to him when he does so.

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