Tweens

With 2019 peeking around the corner ready to knock big sibling 2018 out of the way and assume the spotlight, it’s time to start setting some goals and, if you do that sort of thing, setting some resolutions for...

I know, I know. Put down your pitchforks. Screen time for young children is the modern-day equivalent of giving your kid a sip of beer, but hear me out. We’ve all seen the studies: too much screen time is bad. How much...

If you are anything like me, a schedule is life. I know that with children we make plans and the big man upstairs laughs. But for the most part, my schedule during the school year stays on course each...

I still remember the morning my friend Laura taught me the secret to leaving our weekly toddler playgroup without tears and meltdowns – either by my son or me – when I felt incapable of the seamless transitions Laura...

  It seems like magic. Your child went to bed an angel, then the next day he woke up as an eye rolling, screaming, complaining teenager. What dark, evil magic is this?! The screaming matches begin with arms flailing, feet stomping,...

I remember the day fondly. It was one of those “realization” days, with moments that make you realize just how old you are. It happened one Thursday a couple weeks ago; I was in the car with my two...

The Outsiders is one of the best young adult novels ever written. S.E. Hinton was only 17 years old when she wrote it, which is nothing short of amazing. When reluctant readers open this book, somehow their disdain for reading...