Welcome to The Mother Company!
We are a group of dedicated parents, just like you, who know that life’s most important lessons aren’t about ABCs and 123s, but rather how to become good people. Here you will find articles from savvy moms and world-renowned experts offering insight into the many challenges we all face as we try to raise healthy, safe, well-adjusted children. Be sure to also check out our Ruby’s Studio line of stylish, helpful products based in social and emotional learning for young kids.
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We are proud to present a sweet, lightly animated storybook app based on our highly lauded children’s book, “A Little Book About Feelings!” NOW AVAILABLE for iPad and iPhone at the iTunes store. Click “more” to watch the preview trailer. We can’t wait to hear what you think!
Should you ever deny yourself the urge to say “I love you” to your kids? Dr. Christine Carter, sociologist and happiness expert at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center says, as a matter of fact, yes.
Please join us Saturday, February 11th at Books of Wonder in NYC for story time and arts & crafts with Ruby – and a special concert by Elizabeth Mitchell! Tell your NYC friends and we hope to see you there!
Have a “take-charge” kind of kid? One that controls playground situations, art projects, and, well… Everything? Concerned about who s/he might become? Tammy Gold, parenting coach, sends some solutions to help manage our bossy babes.
How do parents in different cultures address the parenting challenges we all face: bedtimes, potty training, feeding, etc? Is “our way” the “right way?” Here with some global perspective to combat any notion of “perfect parenting” is Mei-Ling Hopgood, author of the new book “How Do Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm?”
Are you stressing out about your kid’s eating habits (or lack thereof!?) Ellyn Satter, internationally renowned expert on kids, nutrition, and healthy eating habits, calms us down with fool-proof tips to get some nutrition in those bellies (or at least stop worrying about it.)
How much are our kids’ personalities shaped by the order in which they were born? Will every middle child have a Jan Brady complex or is there something we can do about it? Renowned family therapist and author, Meri Wallace, helps us combat the birth order blues.
Part 2 in our Finding Happiness series: how can we safeguard our own emotional balance in the midst of catering to our kids’ big emotions all the time? Internationally acclaimed Andrew Weil, M.D., offers some simple, concrete, doable tips to help us increase and maintain our own sense of well-being.