If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. Kids’ birthdays are so special and deserve plenty of time to ...

Few things make parents more frantic than looking at the calendar and seeing a kid’s birthday they completely forgot about. How on earth can a busy mom or dad find the perfect present on such short ...

If you thought baby showers were draining your wallet, just wait until those babies get a little bit older. As any parent can attest, kids’ birthday parties have a tendency to take over the social ...

When it comes to buying gifts for other people’s children there are unwritten rules to follow. No slime, no kinetic sand, and absolutely nothing that makes noise. Battery operated toys? Also very bad.

After four kids and a decade of motherhood, birthday party invitations rarely surprise me. But I received one recently that did. A friend was throwing a party for her daughter’s special day and at the ...

The kids don't need more stuff, and their parents don't need more clutter. So why do some of us moms and dads insist on schlepping presents to other children's birthday parties when the invitations ...

For her daughter’s first birthday party at a bright indoor playspace, Melanie Okadigwe asked guests to pass on the piles of presents. “We just have a lot of stuff,” says the school learning specialist ...

It’s not easy being a disrupter. With any new trail you blaze, you’re bound to face backlash. But it is 2018, and I just feel that this is a year for bold gestures. It is time. On your kid’s birthday ...