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100 Best Blogs for Parenting Advice

Parenting is likely one of the most challenging, yet most rewarding jobs anyone can do. While it takes experience to find your way as a parent, there will certainly be times when you seek advice from those with a little more experience than you. Thankfully, there are plenty of parents and experts willing to share their advice via their blogs. Take a look at these blogs to strengthen your parenting education when you need some advice, or pass these resources to parents you may meet in your professional practice.

General Parenting Advice

These blogs offer great advice on parenting in general, with topics that range from pregnancy to teens and everywhere in between.

1. Child Caring. Parents write in with their parenting problems and get sound advice from these two experts.
2. Advice for Parenting Blog. If you've wondered about communicating with your child, what to carry in your diaper bag, or how to help a child cope with grief, this blog answers this questions and more.
3. Ask Moxie. Moxie answers parents’ questions that range from newborn sleep issues to moms traveling for work.
4. Picket Fence Post. Meredith O'Brien posts real parenting issues here that include topics such as bribing kids for grades, bullying, and privacy issues with teens.
5. EmpoweringParents Blog. This blog covers everything from parenting a child with ADHD to dealing with divorce to implementing tough love with teens.
6. Multitasking Mommy. This mom offers suggestions based on her own experience for healthy meals, getting back into shape, and juggling motherhood.
7. dooce. This blogger doesn't hold back any punches when she tells it like it is as a parent in her popular blog.
8. FreeRangeKids. This mom's parenting style is to give children the chance to live without holding them back and has garnered quite a bit of attention. She offers suggestions for other parents who also seek to rear free-range kids.
9. The Parents Zone Blog. This blog features resources such as fun things to do with your children, discussions on working from home alongside your children, and discipline techniques.
10. Mom Blog Network. This site is full of moms sharing their tips and experience on topics ranging from balancing career and family to adjusting to a newborn to dealing with teens.
11. Supersisters. These three sisters share their experience of motherhood in this blog on PBS Parents.
12. Toni's Treehouse. Nutritious family meals, links to other great blogs, and activities for babies are all featured here.

Expectant Parents, Babies, and Toddlers

Pregnancy and starting on the parenting journey fills many with tons of questions. Get your questions answered with these blogs.

13. Best Birth. Written by an RN and childbirth educator, this blog provides lots of great information for expectant parents.
14. The Cradle Crush. This blog offers reviews on products just for pregnant moms and families with babies and small children.
15. Do as I Say, Not as I Do. With a 3 year-old and a baby, this mom shares tips and experience with teething, toilet training, and more.
16. Parenting & New Baby Advice Blog. Find tips for things like planning a baby shower and newborn care here.
17. Ali's “A” List. Ali posts reviews of items just right for parents of little ones and also includes plenty of great interviews with celebrities from the children's world.
18. Gagazine. These posts cover issues such as introducing solid foods, breastfeeding in public, avoiding harmful plastics in bottles, and childproofing your home on a budget.
19. Mama Knows Breast. Breastfeeding moms will find a ton of information and news about breastfeeding here.
20. Let's Talk Babies. Get handy tips for expecting and new parents on this blog.
21. Pregnancy & Baby. This blog deals with issues like the unspoken ambivalence mamas sometimes feel to tips for going green with baby.
22. The Fun Times Guide to Pregnancy. From dispelling breastfeeding myths to recommendations for books for new dads, this blog covers everything a new parent could want to know.
23. Pregnancy Blog. Expectant moms will find the information here a lifesaver if she is wondering how to dress for a wedding while pregnant, worrying about the transition to motherhood, is going past her due date, or any other concern or question she may have.
24. a little pregnant. Moving from infertility to parenthood, this mom infuses her posts with humor.
25. The Dear Dr. MOZ Baby Blog. Focusing on newborns, this blog offers advice, news, and product recommendations.

Parents of Older Children and Teens

Advice for parents of older children and teens looks much different from the advice for parents just starting out. See what these blogs have to offer for more experienced parents.

26. A Household Blog. Carol Band offers her version of parenting in bite-sized blog posts here that may offer support to other parents as much as advice.
27. Denise's Parenting Teens Blog. With years of experience as a “professional parent” to teens as well as a parent to her three children, Denise has tons of great advice for parents of teens that she shares on this blog.
28. Teen Mental Health Blog. Parents interested in nurturing their teen's mental health will enjoy reading the information in this blog.
29. Please Stop the Rollercoaster!. From curfews to the social web, parents will find tons of great advice on parenting teens here.
30. Teen Health 411. These posts cover everything from sexual health to violence in PG-13 movies.
31. Safe Teen Driving Blog. Teens and parents can benefit from the information contained in this blog all about safe driving.
32. Connect with Your Teens through Pop Culture and Technology. If you are struggling to find a way to connect with your teen, try the advice in this blog that advocates connecting through the latest trends in pop culture and technology.
33. By Parents For Parents. This blog features advice for parents of teens in an effort to clear the air on confusing topics.

Specific Parenting Issues

These blogs feature specific parenting issues such as finding a healthy work/family balance, rearing adopted children, and nurturing the relationship of girls or boys.

34. Mama PhD. These moms work in academia and blog about their methods of finding a good balance between work and family.
35. Mothers in Medicine. Balancing a career in medicine and family, these moms share their experiences here.
36. They're All My Own. This mom, who is adopted herself, has two birth children in college and two adopted children in elementary school. She shares her perspective on raising a family with a unique make-up.
37. Raising Boys. Sarah Sain is a mom to three young boys and posts lots of great parenting advice based on her experience.
38. Blogging 'Bout Boys. The issues discussed on this blog are written by a mom of four boys.
39. Raising My 4 Sons. With baby #5 on the way, this busy mom of boys shares lots of experience on her blog.
40. Dads and Daughters. Dads and step-dads looking to improve their relationships with their daughters will appreciate the advice in this blog.
41. ParentingGirls.com. Dr. Janet Rose offers advice for parents hoping to empower their daughters to become strong, healthy women.
42. Daughters Blog. Nancy Gruver's blog features advice for parents of girls raising them in a media-saturated environment.

Father's Advice

Find out what these fathers have to offer about parenting from the male perspective.

43. Family Man. Gregory Keer is father to three boys and offers advice on his blog as well as in major publications such as Parenting magazine and the New York Times.
44. DadLabs Blog. This popular site, shows, and blog feature real parenting with a good dose of humor.
45. Modern Day Dad. Find topics on parenting today's children from a modern dad's perspective.
46. DadTalk. This dad shares his parenting adventures and the experience he has gained along the way.
47. Daddy Types. Readers will find both high-tech baby gadgets and down-to-earth parenting advice on this blog.
48. DadCentric. From bullies to books to baseball, this collaborative dad blog covers it all.
49. Rebel Dad. While this dad isn't staying at home any more, he remains current with the state of stay-at-home dads in today's world.
50. Playground Dad. Read profiles about dads doing great things while discovering what other dads have to share for creating fun, enriching time with their children.
51. Thingamababy. This dad writes about dad's interaction with babies and toddlers.
52. Dear Spike, Love Dad. A touching blog, this one is written as letters of advice from a father to his daughter.

Activities to Do with Your Kids

From getting out in nature to crafting with your kids, these blogs feature lots of advice for activities you can do with your children.

53. Polliwog on Safari. This educator and children's book writer blogs about getting children involved in nature and understanding other cultures.
54. Creative crafts for creative kids. Find tons of great ideas for crafts you can do with kids of any age and any skill level.
55. The Siblings' Busy Book Blog. Based on a book written by twin sisters, this blog provides great activities for siblings to do together that will strengthen bonds while educating.
56. Craftivity Corner. This former preschool teacher provides tons of great ideas to do with your children, including gardening, book recommendations, and craft ideas.
57. Creative Play Plus. Get advice on ways to do creative play with your children from babyhood to teen years.
58. Teaching Tiny Tots Blog. The activities featured here are just for the younger set.

Nutrition

Learn how to feed your family more nutritiously when you read these blogs.

59. Sweet Pea Chef. This busy mom writes about ways to feed her family healthy meals and includes lots of great kitchen tips, too.
60. Bless Her Heart. Blogging about the food she and her family make, this mom shares how the meals are made and includes photos for even more inspiration.
61. Nourishing Thoughts. Get advice on ways to help your children stay healthy through proper nutrition and exercise with the posts here by a nurse and mom.
62. Nourish. Find nutrition and fitness advice for the whole family when you read this blog.
63. A Life Less Sweet. This mom is eliminating high fructose corn syrup and revamping the way her family eats. Get advice from her experience.
64. Goddess of the Garden. Get vegan eating tips for the whole family from this blog.
65. Raising a Healthy Family. The posts here feature healthy eating and other safety issues for the family. Find plenty of meal planners too.
66. The Pioneer Woman Cooks!. Blogger Ree Drummond posts tasty and healthy food ideas for the family that are accompanied by awesome photos.
67. Healthy Child Healthy World. Parents will find advice to improve nutrition for the whole family.
68. Super Parents Talk. This blog focuses on many nutrition and healthy eating topics as well as other subjects relevant to parents.

Natural Parenting

If you parent with an eye on doing things naturally and organically, then you will find plenty of great advice here.

69. Green Nursery. Jesse Johnson writes about ways to keep families safe from toxic substances in everything from nursery furniture to food.
70. Natural Parenting. The advice here is for parents who choose to breastfeed, cosleep, wear their baby, or other attachment or natural parenting methods.
71. The Good Human. Find out where to get safe baby table mats to ways you can grow your own food if you live in an apartment on this green blog.
72. Nature Moms Blog. See what this mom is doing to help her family live more naturally.
73. Natural Moms Talk Radio. Read this blog and listen to the podcasts that offer tons of information on raising a family naturally.
74. Green Baby Guide. Parents can find information on topics such as making your own baby food, traveling with cloth diapers, and storing breast milk.
75. The Tranquil Parent. This blog is all about going green and growing happy and healthier families.
76. Happy Mothering. The goal of this blogger is to help other parents live more simply and naturally.
77. Hobo Mama. From making the decision about circumcision to choosing a baby carrier, this blog covers some of it all.
78. Earth Mama. This British mama shares her experience and information on gentle pregnancy and parenting as well as natural childbirth.
79. Attachment Parenting Blog. This blog is written by a father of three who practices attachment parenting.

Health and Safety Advice

Learn how to keep your children healthy and safe with the advice found in these blogs.

80. Conversations with Dr. Greene. Read this popular pediatrician's blog to find out about healthy nutrition, keeping kids safe, and dealing with illness.
81. SafetyClicks Blog. With posts about safe usage of social networks, keeping the family computer safe, and more, this blog offers tons of advice to keep your family safe while on the Internet.
82. Food Allergy Living. This blog not only features information and recipes for families dealing with food allergies, but also includes other health information important to families.
83. School Kids Healthcare Blog. Parents can eavesdrop into this blog's conversation that is meant for health care professionals involved at schools and campuses and shares lots of good information for keeping kids healthy.
84. Dr. Thompson's Blog. Dr. Thompson writes about topics ranging from autism awareness to suicide prevention.
85. Dr. Gwenn Is In. Dr. Gwenn posts information on nutrition, health, and wellness for parents and their children on her popular blog.
86. Dr. Nabong's Pediatric Blog. This pediatrician and mother blogs about everything from biting to signs and symptoms of specific diseases.
87. Momma Data: Dishing Up Child Research. This mom is a former research psychologist who keeps her eye on health issues making the news and tells how these issues impact families.
88. Healthy Living at Home. Amidst the giveaways many parents won't want to pass up, Dr. McNealy also posts about family health issues.
89. Pediatrics Blog. Dr. Vincent Iannelli writes about health topics such as sun screen usage, supplements, and allergies.
90. Center on Media and Child Health. Get the latest on issues making the news that pertain to the effects of media on child and adolescent health.

Homeschooling Advice

These homeschooling family blogs offer plenty of advice on successfully managing family, education, and more.

91. Learning Curve. Find out what this mom and her two daughters are working on in their homeschool education.
92. HomeSchoolOnline. Mimi Rothschild offers information and advice for families incorporating the Internet into their homeschooling.
93. Homeschooling in the Rose Garden. Photos accompany the text of what this family does in their homeschool studies.
94. Handbook of Nature Study. The photos on this blog document one family's exploration of the Handbook of Nature Study.
95. Apples and Jammies. Find resources for homeschooling families on this blog.
96. Alasandra's Homeschool Blog. Alasandra offers tons of resources and links to other homeschool blogs here.
97. Barefoot Voyage. See what this mom and her two sons are doing with their Charlotte Mason activities and lessons posted here.
98. The Homeschooling Blog. Wendy posts everything from lesson plans to freebies to helpful resources on this blog.
99. A Day in the Life. Homeschooling four children, this mom shares tips for homeschooling as well as book reviews and other information.
100. Raising Olives. Find everything from cooking from scratch to tips for managing a busy homeschooling family.