Tag: parenting

Oprah Winfrey or How I Learned to Stop Stressing and Parent...

Okay. I admit it. Oprah really has very little to do with how or why I parent with greater intention and use mindfulness practices...

Girls’ Night Out, Mom Style

Going out on the town as a Mom is a lot less "Woohoo! Let's party!" and a lot more of "Ahh...no one is screaming...
When Your Child Tries to Divide and Conquer Her Parents

When Your Child Tries to Divide and Conquer…Her Parents

I'm sure most of you married you opposite, your other half; for my husband and I that's exactly the case. I'm city, he is country....

Why I’m Not Teaching My Child to Share

I’ve always thought I was the generous sort. I lent out clothes in college, a cell phone in my 20s and I suffered through...

Daddy Is Not a Babysitter

Our family follows pretty stereotypical gender role assignments: I stay home with the kids and my husband works outside the home, "winning the bread" to...

The Struggles of Friendship and Parenting

Friendship is hard. It's hard any time in life, but it seems like in this season of parenting, it's even harder. It's harder to...

Why I Am One and Done

...because, babies are hard. Real hard. At the end of the day, you wouldn't change anything about becoming a parent. But the rest of...