What I Learned About Being a Parent From Staring at the Grand Canyon
Reflections on being a mother as inspired by staring at a giant hole in the ground.
Dinner on my Doorstep: Why I Love My Meal Delivery Service
Everybody needs a little help sometimes. And sometimes, help comes in the form of dinner ingredients delivered to the door, and kids learning how to cook.
What Do I Do With My Kids All Day? This.
A friend of mine, possibly suffering from the same kind of parenting guilt that plagues us all from time to time, recently asked in an online forum what other stay-at-home parents did with their ch...
How to Make a Morning Mantra Work for Your Toddler
Much of parenting a toddler is repetition and redirecting. Developing a mantra that outlines the behaviors we want to encourage can be a powerful tool.
Sometimes You Make Me Want to Run Away
This motherhood gig, well, it's fine for the most part. But the truth is, some days it becomes too much and I wonder if I'm cut out for it at all.
Here's How to Parent Like an Effective and Thoughtful Boss
Parents can use some of the same strategies utilized by successful bosses. They can inspire cooperation and success in any household (well, some at least).
I Am the Mother You Don't Want to Be
I am that mom. The one all the other women look at with pity oozing from their stares. The one that makes them hug their little gems a little closer. The mom of a screamer. Not a cute "I want my w...
Not Every Moment of Being a Parent is Worth Savoring
Picture it: grocery store checkout line, two weeks postpartum. A mother stands bouncing and shushing her crying daughter. Her nose twitches as she smells the distinctly sweet aroma of newborn poop...
8 Items Your Toddler Will Drag Out to Shame You
Sex for Dummies. He appears to favor this book when your mother-in-law is visiting.
How to Survive Your Magnificent Packrats: An Ode to Stuff
There's no end to the bits and baubles and piles of junk kids will bring home and accumulate. If we're not careful, we're going to be buried by it.
Grandparenting in the Google Age
My grandchildren are being raised in a world far more advanced than the one we raised their parents in. But they turned out ok.
It's Time to Redefine the Phrase "Man Up"
During the course of any conversation with me you can expect to hear the sentence, "I once read that..." at least three times. If I'm reading a particularly interesting book this may increase to so...
How to Google Better: 7 Research Tips for the Overwhelmed New Parent
The information available to parents is endless and often contradictory. Here are seven tips to help you navigate the deep waters of parenting research.
When Your Mom Tribe is Not What You Expected
Tired as the phrase may be, it truly takes a village. And sometimes, we're more surrounded and supported than we realize at first glance.
How to Love Your Kids Without Losing Yourself
Between the drop-offs and the pickups, the parties and the play dates, sometimes it's hard not to feel like everything we do is for our kids. Regardless of how you spend your 9-5, everyone knows th...
Everything You Need to Know About (Stealing) Your Kids' Halloween Candy
Don't laugh with your mouth full.
Teaching Our Children How To Lose: Lessons in Grace
The lessons learned on the field often find their way into all aspects of our kids' lives.
When Your Superhero Mom Needs You
To a child, mom is the ultimate superhero. Until the day comes that her humanity shines through.
Debate Club: A Different Take on the SAHM vs. WOHM "Battle"
Two moms, living both sides of the work/stay home experience offer words of support and encouragement to one another in our latest Debate Club.
How My Terrible Cooking Became Our Best Family Tradition
How one mother made a concerted effort to improve her cooking skills, and ended up making cooperative meal preparation a family tradition.
How to Teach Your Kids the Importance of Integrity When a Presidential Candidate Has None
It's hard enough to make sense of this election as adults. Explaining the downright meanness and discriminatory tones to our kids is impossible.
Mess with my kid or my parenting, and there's a protective rage that bubbles up.
No Matter How Strong Your Grief, Kids Force You to Keep Going
With little ones around, there isn't much time to dwell on sad thoughts. But setting time aside to process them is necessary.
5 Surprising Truths About the Suburban Stay-at-Home Mom
I mean there are a lot of hours in the day right? If we aren’t going to work what the heck do we do all day?