Tips From RFM’s Publisher Publisher’s Note: May 2019 May is the month to celebrate mothers, but this month also brings a milestone birthday for me, and I mean it’s a…
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I bet you’ve participated in or know someone who has attended a retreat for church or a motivational conference for work. You may have even had the privilege of traveling…
I have a friend who spanks her kids. She has told me about her system. While I don’t use physical discipline on my children, I try not to judge the way…
If your home is anything like mine, it might feel like you’re constantly trying to prevent what I call the paper pile-up. Every day, it seems that more paper is…
Bad credit? No credit? No problem! Your job is your credit! These kinds of claims, often made by a shady used car salesperson, just aren’t true. Bad credit is a…
There we sat – crisscross applesauce on a cold kitchen floor – surrounded by a sea of Duplo LEGO blocks. One of us didn’t have pants on. The look on…
I like those old Coleman magazine ads where the kids stand by the stream with fishing poles, reeling in trout; Mom kneels near the picnic basket, driving in tent stakes;…
It’s a familiar story I hear from parents. My teenager’s room is a wreck. There’s laundry everywhere, dishes under the bed, and she can never seem to find anything. She’s…
When I visited my mother over the holidays for five days, I caught a lot of grief about putting my 4- and 6-year-olds in bed pretty early (as usual) and…
It’s everywhere these days: Everyday moms and celebrity moms are talking more and more about breastfeeding in public. From Chrissy Teigen’s social media posts (and classic responses known as clapbacks…
Hollywood stylist turned mom stylist Jammie Baker has style strategies and great insight for moms who are tired of settling!
When my older daughter was eight, my wife Kat and I prepared to take her to her first sleep-away camp. It was the summer after third grade and she was…