In today’s fast-paced society, we almost exist on autopilot. The days can disappear within a blink, and often we are bogged down with external stresses, anxieties, and worries which cloud and detrimentally impact our time with our families, and most importantly, our...
Once upon a time blogs were seen as online journals for people to express themselves. Today parent blogging is big business and a place where someone can become ‘virtually’ famous from the comfort of their own home. Mommy wars and parenting shaming aside, following...
Let’s talk about child self-expression. Just the other day my daughter strutted into Wal-Mart, proud as a peacock. Wearing bright red shorts, a carnival cruise t-shirt with a huge smiley face on it. That somewhat resembled the Kool-Aid man, and silver, sparkly...
When we were young, we might have liked to believe that true love is enough to make love lasts forever. Love is, of course, an essential ingredient. But it evolves over time, as does the nature of a relationship. Time changes the realities of it and the expectations....
This article is about teaching your child empathy. Last week I was sick; super sick, started out with a sinus infection. I also have a broken molar and hadn’t thought much about the broken tooth. It didn’t bother me, and since I’m terrified of the dentist, I wasn’t...