I have never valued a straightforward routine so much as when I became a mother.
If you had asked me twenty years ago what I...
“Wow! You did such a great job on this party, well the place you paid to host it did I guess. It must have...
Have you ever asked your child to do something simple, easy, or routine only for them to respond in a whiny, demanding, or dismissive...
For two years before I became a mother, I was a nurse on an inpatient pediatric unit.
Before I felt the weight of my daughter...
“We want to be paid like anyone else doing the same job. We are more alike than different. We want to get married and...
Before becoming a parent, it never really occurred to me that one of the many feelings I would experience as a parent would be...
I’m not a psychologist (although I am certified to teach psychology), but I love to study human nature. Eleven years spent teaching teenagers and...
Last Sunday was undeniably the worst day yet of my parenting career.
My husband was away on military duty, and my family was in town....
Most days I love being a parent.
I may not like the arguing, the whining, and the spilling of food and drink. But in general,...
We talk a lot about kindness in our house. Before my son went to kindergarten this year, we spent August reading books with great...













