20 Simple Ways to Be a Better Mom in 2018

Childhood — and the crazy times that come with parenting young kids — doesn't last forever. Let your kids be little and free while they can, and enjoy this time with them. Slow down and stop to look at every rock on a walk with them, answer their relentless questions about why the sky is blue ("but why?"), and get on the floor to play with them when they offer — there will be a last time you do each of those things with them, so you want to make sure you remember as much as possible.