Ideas and Topics that matter to moms.
Is there a right method of parenting? No, there is not. Are there many methods of parenting? Too many, honestly. The number of parenting styles, methods, and ways are often overwhelming. Seriously, there’s so much…
Take Your Kid to Work Day is a long-running tradition. However, organizers should have extra activities in mind. Otherwise, there is a real risk of kids being bored by the workplace’s routine operations. Something that…
Spoiler alert – All families are dysfunctional. Even the happiest, most normal, most loving families you know are all dysfunctional. My family is dysfunctional. I’d share the dysfunction with you, but I’m not particularly interested…
Raising adolescents is a full-time job, and that’s before you incorporate parenting styles and other little things like meals and care. Seriously, as the mom of four, I can tell you with undo certainty that…
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…
Many people love the idea of a cruise, and other people do not find them appealing. I fall into the latter category. I am not a fan of the touristy-ness of a cruise. Even the…
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…
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…
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…