As a young parent, it's a weird thing to be coping with a sick parent. It's messy and private and it's an invisible pain, so no...
Children are my passion. Maybe its my extroverted personality (82% according to Meyers-Briggs) that makes me enjoy the energy exchange with children. Perhaps it's that...
Not long ago, I recounted a recent Jumpology playdate to a friend of mine. I laughed as I showed her videos of the boys...
Teacher of the year - check! Mommy of the year - not so much:
I teach adolescent girls all day long. While I have been...
Today was a difficult day; tomorrow will be better. My mom taught me this when I was a child.
When I was younger, I never...
"Mom, why do I need to speak Hindi? No one else speaks it. My teachers don't, and my friends don't. And anyway I am...
"If you achieve all your goals, you will be happy!"
That’s what I was told as I grew up. I achieved all the goals: became a college...
The word resolution means a firm decision to do or not do something, implying that one is actually doing something wrong. (i.e. Let's reflect...
On Martin Luther King Jr’s Day of Remembrance, many of us reflect on the Civil Rights leader and what he stood for: freedom, justice,...
Tonight my 6 year old asked his dad what it meant when people said "Don't judge a book by its cover."
Go ask your mother.
I...
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Being a Millennial Mom in 2019: What it’s Actually Like
“I wouldn’t want to raise a kid today.”
That’s what you’ll hear from most adults over the age of 50. As a 33-year-old “Millennial Mom”...
