What is the point exactly? That’s what I want to know. It’s the question I ask, silently, every time I hear a mother chronicling every last detail of her agonizing…
Browsing: Editor’s Voice
Why your kids need to see you fail and deal with it in a reasonable way. How messing up and moving on is a good thing – in parenting and in life.
We were done. As in, we had decided on two kids, and I knew we were done. Yet, there I was, pregnant as all get-out, swollen with impending motherhood –…
My mom let me try all the things all the time – novel for her day – and has helped me grow into the kind of parent who does the same thing.
Becoming a non-smoker is the single, most arduous challenge I have ever undertaken. As a parent, I did everything in my power to keep my kids from smoking.
Birthday parties are something these days! Wherever you stand on parties, remember you set the rules and your parenting can’t be judged on your last party.
When and why kid coupons are the perfect gift!
Whether or not to use spanking as a method of discipline with your kids – and why I did not.
There was a stretch a while back when my husband and I had grown so incredibly busy – me with small children mostly, him with trying to grow a small…
Several years back, I caught The Story of Stuff online and vowed to make some changes. Have you seen it? It’s a twenty-minute film that basically reams out the “materials…
Want to raise creative kids? Remember – it’s the process, not the product! Let your kids do their own thing.
I married a breakfast guy. He also has a very genuine appreciation of dinner, a healthy respect for lunch, and a love of the culinary arts in general, both process…