Whether or not your child has purpose in their lives as an adult is on you, mom. (Figures)
According to new research from Washington University in St. Louis, children who have more conflict with their mothers in their early elementary...
When my daughter was one and two, and still in her crib, she would often wake up in the middle of the night crying. She was never a great sleeper but I always thought it must be so scary...
When it comes to your family’s safety, you don’t want to compromise. At home you want to make sure you have all the systems in place that will protect them from any of life’s hazards and that those systems...
I am one of those people that always has the TV on in the background. It’s a holdover from when I was a journalist and would watch at least six news programs a day. I’d constantly be looking for...
2020 seems to be taking forever, especially for those among us who are significantly impacted by the financial crisis all of us are facing. If you're financially minded, you may have to rethink your strategy throughout this economic hardship....
Raising children is a messy adventure that goes by way to quickly. It's important to show your children you love them while they are still young so that they will grow up into confident, well-adjusted adults.
Not every day will...
With school back in session after break, you might be breathing a sigh of relief. Having the kids home for two weeks straight is hard!
Although, admittedly, I miss them the second they’re gone.
But what’s even harder for me after...
As we drove to preschool yesterday morning, my daughter was screaming at me. She was upset because she didn’t want to go to school and decided to throw a full blown tantrum in the car complete with crying and...
Throughout my entire childhood and adolescence, my mother was the caregiver to six of my cousins. Her sisters returned to work after having their babies, and my mother opened her arms and her home to all of their kids.
At...
“The days are long but the years are short,” is a popular saying among parents. The problem with this statement is that it’s totally true. The years will fly by and before you know it your baby will be...
Let’s file this under first world problems, agreed?
My son just turned three and for at least the past 6 months I’ve noticed that we’ve had the stroller with us less and less. He’s always been a, “I wanna walk...
When parents are trying to balance their own work, it can be difficult to find activities that their preschoolers can do at home.
Preschool is a time of discovery for little ones. For many kids, it's the first time they...
Five years ago, I didn’t think I would be able to have children. We had just had our third miscarriage, which was two months after our son had been stillborn in June. Yet, there I was, was pregnant again....
I’ve never read a parenting book in my life. I sort of hate the idea of them. All this different advice from all these different sources - it gets so confusing. Instead, together with my husband, we’ve discussed and...
July is my rainbow baby month. Both my alive children were born this month so it is literally my rainbow after the stormy June anniversary of my first son’s death and birth. Happy July, friends. I hope you all...
Entertaining doesn’t mean you have to spend the entire day slaving away in the kitchen, or spend a small fortune to impress your guests. Entertaining can be simple and easy, especially if you have a small crowd. All you...
We’re a road trip kind-of-family. We’ve been up and down both coasts and we’ve driven to Texas, Alabama and South Carolina from the Chicagoland area. We do this for a few reasons.
The kids and I aren’t fans of...
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