Jennifer Parris, Author for Moms Who Think

Jennifer is a writer at MomsWhoThink.com covering health and wellness, child development, and product guides for today's families. She has been writing in the parenting and lifestyle verticals for more than a decade and graduated from Queens College in New York with a Bachelor's Degree in English Honors. She lives in Connecticut with her family and too many pets to count. When she's not busy with her kiddos, she enjoys cooking, long Target runs (alone), and making to do lists that always include something pretty that she found on Pinterest.

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These 6 Strategies Are the Best Way to Teach Your Kid to Stand Up for Themselves, According to Childhood Experts

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A cruel comment. A birthday party that your child doesn’t get invited to — but should have. At some point […]

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Everything You Need to Know About Your Body After Baby: What’s Normal (and What’s Not)

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If you thought that your body goes through a lot of changes during pregnancy, prepare yourself for life postpartum, when […]

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Relational Aggression Can Ruin Lives. Here’s How to Deal With It as a Parent.

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As a parent, you send your child off to school with the hope that they’ll form strong friendships and, of […]

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Parenting in the Age of Sharenting: What Every Parent Needs to Know

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You snap a picture of your 2-year-old enjoying their first bubble bath. Or your child mispronounces a word in the […]

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How To Discuss Weight Without Getting Weighty

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Weight can be a, well, weighty issue, especially when it’s your child who has put on some extra pounds. It’s […]

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Think Women Are the Only Ones to Get Postpartum Depression? Think Again.

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Although society has come a long way in terms of talking about mental health, there is one topic that is […]

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Every Parent Needs to Know These First Signs of Puberty in Boys

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It seems like only yesterday that you brought your beautiful baby boy home from the hospital. But in what feels […]

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I Had Endometriosis. Here’s What I Wish I Knew Before I Was Diagnosed

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Imagine having a critical medical condition and not even knowing it. That’s the situation Reddit user SaltyBerlin found herself in […]

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Make Mealtime Fun with These New Baby Products

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After months of feeding your baby formula or breast milk (or both), it’s finally time to start solids. But while […]

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