Parenting is like a roller coaster ride – exciting, adventurous, and fun punctuated with a healthy dose of nervousness. It is demanding, stressful, and challenging. There are no parenting books that teach you the rules. Most of us secretly worry about whether we’ll make a good parent the moment we start…
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Summer break is over, and school is now in session. As a parent, you want to do everything in your power to keep your kids safe. However, when they are in school for a better part of the day, being there to guide them through everything is a bit challenging to…
Or how to get your child to focus by saying yes to TV! There’s something about kids that’s both delightful and frustrating! Like it or not, Moms and dads have no choice but to look to some type of technology to keep them engaged. Why, I have no shame admitting that I’ve…
As someone who is raising a teenager, I secretly enjoy reading parenting columns related to raising teens. Not that I actually have any problems – but you know how it is to be a parent. As my Mom would constantly point out, one does not need to be a parent to…
I think we will all agree that love conquers all, at least most of the time. Today’s parenting post is all about that. My head was brimming over with ideas, yet I couldn’t actually shape them and round them up into a post because I am nursing a head cold right…
I became a mother at 34 and I must confess that I was nervous about parenting. While I’ve always enjoyed being around children (still do) and was voted the go-to baby-sitter of choice in the neighborhoods I lived in, it did not prepare me for parenthood. I try my best to…