Tag: advice
Mom Sleep and Foxes at Night
Did you know when you live in the middle of the woods, sometime in the spring, during the night, you will hear an ear-piercingly...
Why I “Let” My Kid Wear Shorts in Winter
It is 26 degrees. There is frost on the cars. A wind whips through the bare trees. My fourth-grade son barrels down the stairs....
Boys Will Be Boys and Other Opinions You Should Keep to...
I knew almost instantly when I became pregnant for the second time. Call it mother's intuition, but I swear I knew. I also knew...
Learning Social Skills With Pets
Animals make great companions. Whether you have pets of your own, have a service animal, visit with friends and family who have pets, or...
Reducing Nighttime Feedings
Getting up to feed your baby at night goes hand in hand with parenting, and as tiring as it can be, many moms and...
Saying Yes to Less
I asked fellow working moms what their priority is in the New Year, and the resounding answer was around setting boundaries and saying “no”...
How to Win Your Kids Back From Their Screens
Someone asked me yesterday about what it feels like to have a teenager. It caused the corners of my mouth to lift into a...
A Beauty Must For Moms: Color Correction
It’s “New Year, New Me” time, and for me, that comes with a really important question: What can I do for myself this year...
Small Habits That Can Make Our World Better
One of the many challenges of parenting is teaching our children how to help make the world a better place. The world and all...
Budgeting Improved My Marriage
When my husband and I married almost 20 years ago, we were both in our early twenties and right out of college. We had...