What is Permissive Parenting and Should You Try It?
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…
Authoritative vs. Authoritarian Parenting: What’s the Difference?
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…
What Does Parenting from the Inside Out Mean?
“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…
20 Signs That You Are Entering Neglectful Parenting Territory
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…
20 Holiday Traditions that Won’t Break the Bank
Do you decorate for Christmas before or after Thanksgiving? And do people really wait until just a few days before Christmas to put up their trees and decorate? I see it all the time in…
20 Awesome Family Reunion Activities
If I tell you right now that we are talking about family reunion activities today, I might scare you off. I get it. Families are complex, and not everyone loves their own. So let me…
20 Delicious Gluten-Free Baking Ideas
Until the year 2017, I didn’t know a thing about gluten-free living. No one in my family – immediate or extended – suffers from celiac disease or any gluten sensitivities, nor do they choose the…
What is Parallel Parenting and Should You Try It?
What is parallel parenting, and should you try it? I imagine many haven’t heard of it, or maybe that was just me. Parallel parenting is not a parenting style I’ve ever heard of, but there…
How to Plan the Perfect Ice Cream Party
Ice cream, you scream we all scream for ice cream! If that doesn’t take you back 30+ years hearing your dad make the standard ice cream dad joke, nothing will. It is a dad thing,…