All of Romoer's content about parenting and raising kids ages 8-12.

When my husband and I decided to use donor eggs to have a baby, resemblance was one of my first questions. Would my child’s hands look like mine? Or would his or her appearance belong to another ...

The Invisible & Emotional (& Deeply Sentimental) Labor of Kids Clothes It comes for us with every change in season and any movement on the growth chart. In other words: constantly.

My husband and I grew up in big families, and we know the magic of the gaggle of siblings.

It comes for us with every change in season and any movement on the growth chart. In other words: constantly.

The group model of prenatal care cuts costs, promotes lasting friendships, and leads to better outcomes. 30 years later, why isn’t it standard?

Through my work with young people, I've developed concrete ways to connect with kids who are hurting. Here are just a few of them.

Every day after school my mood descends with the sun. Low stakes baking is my antidote to despair.

When only about 10% of low vision kids are taught braille, something gets lost.

The internet I grew up with as an elder millennial is wildly different from the one my daughter will experience — for better or worse.

A new book suggests that there is radical potential in taking a career break — or "power pause" — to raise your kids.

We honor adults’ idiosyncratic food selections all the time — so why are we suspicious and critical of our children’s tastes?