Tag: Parenting

Mom and Tom Time: Prioritizing One-On-One Time with Your Kids

When I was a kid, we lived next door to a family with four children. I was good friends with their daughter, and I...

Parenting Resources for Busy Parents

Throughout my professional office career (prior to being a professional mom, of course), one task I always loved making time for was professional development....

Talk that Talk: Questions that Prompt Conversation with Kids

After being with, around, adjacent to, and sometimes, weighed under my children almost non-stop since 2020, I've run out of things to talk about...

Parenting:: Is it Time to Start Thinking Like a Man?

We all know men and women are wired differently, and this affects their thinking when it comes to parenting. But is one way better...

Surviving Summer When You’re a Bad Summer Mom

I try to get excited about summer, I really do. I get the vibe - I understand why it would be exciting. There are...

I Tried:: My Yes Day Story

The "Yes Day" movie popped up on my Netflix profile a few weeks ago, and after hovering on the picture for a beat, the...

How Pandemics and Power Outages Make Empowered Parents

My three children have provided me with many sleepless nights over the years. Sometimes illness or a school project was the culprit, but most...

Helping Our Littles Stand Tall:: Protecting a Child’s Mental Health

A few days ago, my virtually educated kindergartner {A} was logging into TEAMS for the librarian’s special read aloud held every Tuesday afternoon. There...

A Lesson for My Daughter :: Stop Saying Sorry

Our home feels smaller these days and things that caused very little attention before are now magnified. The volume is now louder with all...

3 Parenting Goals for an Imperfect Parent

  I recently spent three days far away from the city. Though I was surrounded by thirty other women, this was no “women's retreat”. We...