School-Aged Kids & Tweens
These are the years of evolving friendships, school struggles, and growing independence. This category includes newsletters that help you navigate the everyday shifts of parenting kids in elementary and middle school.
Dr. Friendtastic for Parents by Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD
Useful tips for parents about children's feelings & friendships from psychologist & author Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD, PLUS weekly 5-min. podcast, Kids Ask Dr. Friendtastic, & monthly online workshops. Over 2500 subscribers!
Kid Talk by Katie Plunkett
Kid Talk is where research meets real life. Written by a teacher and parent (who’s been in the trenches), this newsletter helps you understand kids better—so you can respond with less stress and more connection. Come for the strategies, stay for the stories.
Lisa J. Kiefer by Lisa J. Kiefer
Cutting through clichés with real research - not TikTok takes. Raw honesty and deep dives into the minds of kids, teens, and young adults. For parents who question, reflect, and reject pop-psych babble. Real science, real life, and the beautiful mess in between.
[byte]sized by Trevor Fry
Bite-sized reflections on parenting, tech, leadership, and the mess in between. One dad’s attempt to grow a business, raise good humans, and maybe stay hydrated (usually in that order).
The Childhood Curator by Jennifer Shonkoff
As a speech-language pathologist, I'm used to sharing language-based strategies. Here on Substack, I want to empower your caregiving with digestible guides for nurturing language emergence while helping you promote "Learning in the Real World". A happy childhood, curated just for you.
Good Game by Melissa Jacobs
For youth sports parents by a youth sports mom, Good Game is an honest look at navigating a $20 billion industry with plenty of pitfalls. We offer advice, perspective, and plenty of snark!
Growing up WEIRD by Guen Bradbury
Ever wondered how child-rearing practises for under-sixes impact their health at sixty? Many scientists do. Join me if you want to know how Western child-rearing affects physical development, and how insights from traditional cultures can give children good lifelong health.
aiPTO | Parenting Tech Opportunity by Dhani Ramadhani
I’m Dhani, a mom working in tech. I empower fellow parents by sharing kid-friendly breakdowns of AI concepts, reflective pieces, practical tips, & translated key tech news. No hype, no fear-mongering—just what we need to raise thoughtful kids in an AI era that’s changing childhood faster than ever.
Playful Connection Podcast by Eddie Shin
Eddie Shin, a licensed marriage and family therapist, shares simple and practical tips on how to strengthen your connection with children and teens through techniques based off of play therapy.
Parents in the Making by Ayk
Visual metaphors + expert insights. Bite-sized lessons from parenting science, simplified for people with no time to read 300 pages.
Type A Mom’s Trusted Tips by Amanda Brown
I use the organizational and time management skills I learned while making movies in Hollywood, and my experience parenting three kids aged 10, 8 and 4, to streamline the behind-the-scenes work of parenting and solve different modern family life issues.
Between Two Things by Lindsey DeLoach Jones
There's wisdom, I think, in holding tensions. We want to collapse nuance, make things simple and straightforward, and hide ourselves inside tidy categories. But deep down, we're complicated. Only when we confront our own contradictions can we see the world and ourselves as they really are.
The Family Commons by Chloe Sladden
I believe that something vital is broken about parenting today: we’ve lost the trusted, in-person communities that once supported us, and that makes everything feel a million times harder. This Substack is my attempt to piece together a roadmap for building a modern village.
Calm & Confident Parenting by Brittany Podsobinski
Weekly Tuesday tips for parents of preschoolers through tweens. As a former teacher turned stay-at-home mom & parent coach, I help you understand what’s happening for your kids so you can show up calm in the chaos & confident in tough moments. You weren’t meant to parent alone.
Petit Francophone by Marie M.
French for kids and their grown-ups. Helping parents bring French into their home and raise confident bilingual kids.
KIDS FIRST by Katy McPherson
Kids’ needs before adult agendas. Every time.
The Spicy Kid Survival Guide by Stacey Sellar
The short version: Because our kids need us to be more informed, more vocal, more confident and more present. Because parenting is hard enough without sifting through 47 open Google tabs and contradictory advice.
Midweek Joy by Joy Netanya Thompson
Saying the quiet parts out loud about motherhood, middle age, and modern life.
Parenting on Mars by Rachael Fritz
A publication for parents raising 3 - 8-year-olds. Those precious middle years. Rachael tells personal stories, shares lessons learned, and gives evidence-based advice for the toughest moments.
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