Parenting

Parenting is fun, except when it’s not. Kids are great, but they’re far from perfect (much like their parents). Even the most well-behaved children have minor – or major – breakdowns from time to time, leaving their parents mortified, mystified, and sometimes unsure of how to handle the situation. Fortunately, experts have weighed in on […] More

Your kids take more from you than just your energy and your patience. They take your advice (they do, even if it takes them years to actually use it) and they take your example and learn to live by it. The things you do resonate with them. Even the things you don’t know you do […] More

Oh no! Junior just sneezed, where’s your phone? You must immediately call the pediatrician and make an emergency appointment to diagnose his illness (though you have your suspicions that it is probably bird flu or the measles; the internet told you so). While your intentions are good, your pediatrician probably finds you irritating. In fact, […] More

A speck of dirt on his shiny red convertible causes my husband more stress and anxiety than just about anything (says the woman who vacuums and dusts the interior of her own car on a daily basis). In fact, he stresses so much about his car being dirty that it is beginning to rub off […] More

When your son or daughter comes home with their first broken heart it can be a difficult situation. You may want to roll your eyes at their overdramatic musings of, “He was the love of my life” or “I’ll never be happy with anyone but her for the rest of my life”, but you can’t. […] More

Parents want the best for their children; oftentimes parents state that they want more for their children than they grew up with. While this statement means well, many parents are teaching their children the wrong lessons regarding money. Some teach their children entitlement and rationalize their poor choices by saying, “I never got anything new […] More

Moms are busy; really, really busy. Too busy to do much of anything besides laundry, dishes and cooking, unless, of course, you count picking up toys and trying to find a few minutes to brush your teeth during the day. Moms have a tough job. As the mother of two toddler girls, I know that […] More

Summer vacation will soon be here and with it the cries from kids around the world…. “I’m bo-ored!”  Which we all know really means stop what you are doing and figure out what I can do or I will make you wish you had by misbehaving. Long ago I tired of this problem and solved it.  […] More

So, you are becoming a stepmom.  More than likely, you have worked yourself through the phase where visions of happy, smiling family members sing and dance the days away and are realizing the reality of making this work is well, work. Becoming a stepmom is a journey  through learning not only the logistics and careful […] More