If you’re like me, I stressed about middle school WAAAAY before I needed to be stressed. Put it this way: I attended Fifth Grade...
My parents wanted to give our toddlers a yearly membership gift to visit their favorite places. It turns out, there are endless options in...
Just when I figured out the best approach to parenting my firstborn, her brother came along.
Surely, I could apply the same parenting strategies with...
I dreaded it for years. The hormones. The backtalk. The eye rolls. Uncontrolled emotions. His awkwardness. My awkwardness answering certain "questions." Seven class changes...
"How was your day?" "Fine."
"Is everything okay?" "Yeah."
These one-word exchanges are all too familiar to parents of kids and teens. While it can be...
"I don’t like it." "It looks gross." "I want something else to eat." Sound familiar? It’s heard in my house way too often from...
November is National Adoption Month, so there's lots of talk about surrounding giving children homes and families, who otherwise don't have them. But let's...
With premature birth being the leading cause of death in children under 5 worldwide, World Prematurity Day is observed each year on November 17...
The first year I was eligible to vote was 1996. It was the year Bill Clinton defeated Bob Dole (and Ross Perot) in a...
While many parents have made the decision to homeschool for the first time, this territory is far from new to us. If I’ve learned...
Hey guys! Remember me? I’m the mom who lovingly told you to “stop talking to your kids so much.” If you missed it, I...
Both of them were crying. Red-faced, screaming, tantrum-y, it's-past-5-o'clock-why-did-I-sign-up-for-this crying. Times two for twins.
I had put the wrong lotion on their chapped lips after...