Everything we do as parents affects the way our children feel, and we cannot always predict how they might react to our actions. For example, when I tell any of our three daughters I love…
How do you show love? I’m not asking about your love language with your spouse. I’m asking how you show love to your kids…you’re not being graded, so be honest. There is no right or…
Everybody deals with family problems. Some are far worse than others, of course, but everyone deals with them. Growing up, we moved from Florida to California, and my dad left six months before we did…
I’m not a regular mom…I’m a cool mom. Amy Poehler’s character in ‘Mean Girls’ spoke this line, and we’ve all said it a time or two. I said it this weekend to my teenage daughter…
“It just occurred to me that my parents had no idea what they’re doing,” I whispered to my husband from the passenger seat of the car. One of the kids asked a question, I didn’t…
Our sixth grade daughter is currently writing her Tropicana Speech for her ELA class. Her title? It’s Hard Being the Best One Yes, you read that correctly. She’s writing her speech about being the best…
Growing up, all I wanted to do was go to sleepaway camp. But not just any sleepaway camp. I wanted to go to one where I’d find my long-lost twin sister. We’d spend a week…
Parenting experts do not exist. I’ve said it before, and I’m happy to say it again. There is no such thing as a parenting expert because all kids are different. What’s amazing parenting for one…
Divorce is an ugly word, but it’s not always a bad thing. When two people cannot live together in a manner conducive to raising happy, healthy kids and being loving, civil partners, divorce is the…