Tag: parenting

I'm 37-years-old now, but in 1989, I was seven- and eight-years-old. After having a daughter myself who has gone through these years (now 11...

November is often a month set aside for thankfulness, and a tweet I recently saw reminded me of this in a great way. The...

Picture it: 1995, Wednesday evenings, 5:45pm. I dreaded all the above as I knew they meant one thing: piano lessons. You see, my mom grew...

Kindergarten has changed a lot over the years. The year I started school, we only did a flannel board about the weather, played dress-up,...

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...

“Mom knows best.” We’ve all heard it, some have set up camp on the phrase, and others roll their eyes at the saying. But...

I think most parents instinctively guard their children against obvious dangers but when are we using our own experiences to color our kids' view of the world? I think parents have a tendency to size up a situation because they've seen too many things go wrong. Is there a way that we can steer our kids around the same mistakes we made without infringing on their own observations?

Dear Husband, Really, dude? Remember when we talked about her starting Kindergarten and him starting preschool, and how mornings would now take the two of us?...

...there are a few HARD NOs that I decided long before I dated, got married and had children that actually stuck. My stance never waivered on certain deal breakers and absolutes. These rules are 110% true today with two kids as they were before I even gave birth.

By now, anyone who reads what I write can see a common theme…I basically have no idea what I’m doing. I can normally be...