Tag: parenting

At the beginning of each year, I ask my tenth graders to write about music for their first assignment. They can pick a song,...

Kids are meant to be seen and not heard. This is an old saying we’ve all heard at some point, but it couldn’t be...

Happy Women’s Equality Day! We celebrate August 26th because 103 years ago, in August 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was...

As my son prepares for his sophomore year of college, I cannot help but think back to last year. I read all the "must-do"...

How have our kids become so disconnected from each other and themselves? First, we need to define kids. In this case, I’m referring to preteens,...

Years before I became a mom, I was chatting with my then-4-year-old cousin about a new friend he had made. “She has two daddies...

Freshman 15 refers to the theory that first-year college students gain around 15 pounds during their freshman year of college. Luckily my son avoided...

School is out for summer, so it’s time for my two girls to go to overnight camp for a couple of weeks of swimming,...

Summer has finally arrived, and with that comes graduation parties, lounging by the pool, barbeques, and the most exciting of all, vacation! While kids are...

I watch my son zip around our yard on his ride-on 'ATV,' weaving in and out of our swing set, bounce house, and pool....