Amanda Hauser
The Art of What Really Sets Kids Apart
If you’ve navigated a graduation recently, you have likely experienced serious comparison fatigue. There is no shortage of impressive kids out there. Peers...
How to Eat an Elephant and Other Advice We are Giving Our Tweens, Teens,...
Take a look at our Christmas card photo this year, and you might think, “Yep, they’ve cracked the code.” Eleven glowingly healthy faces in...
Eliminating Overwhelm in the “Ber” Months
Call me crazy, but as soon as the calendar hits the “ber” months, my heart starts to race. Excitement, anxiety, fear, anticipation - yep,...
Tattle Tales
Time for a quiz. You are standing in the kitchen preparing lunches for the next school day when, like a hurricane, your child flies...
How to Mess Up Your Kid in 10 Ways
Disclaimer: This article does not address serious, universally accepted, traumatic adverse childhood experiences, nor does it dismiss them. It is meant purely for entertainment...
Mom in the Know: When Is It No Longer My Business?
I had a clever topic all primed for my next article, but ditched it about five minutes ago. If I don’t vent this right...
Mom, What Your Adult Son Wants You to Know
There is no shortage of parenting advice. From well-meaning grandparents to influencers to therapists to pediatricians, you can fill volumes with accounts of “good”...
A Dissertation on the Group Chat
Let’s dissect the ever-popular group chat, shall we?First, the family chat, otherwise known as the OG or the Classic. The family chat is the...
The True Story of a Really Big Family
I’m starting a T-shirt company. I have no desire to break into the fashion industry; I have simply exhausted my bandwidth for those seemingly...
Holiday Traditions: What You Do (and Don’t Do) Matter
Hear me out. Before you eye roll, before you stop reading, before you presume you’re not that mom, I reassure you all the holiday...
What I Still Haven’t Figured Out as a Mom
My morning began with a text bomb from my 14-year-old upstairs…“Can we leave early so I can get myself taco breakfast? I’ve been craving...
Youth Travel Sports: Worth the Hype?
I’m tired. Nine days on the coast and three time zones from here have gotten my circadian rhythm all kinds of messed up. I...
Why Is My Body A Mystery?
Hold on a second while I grab my soapbox.Ahem.Ladies! How? How is it possible that we live in a world with artificial intelligence, Amazon...
Simply Put, I Love You
I love you. Why is the world so stingy with these three little words? They don’t cost a thing. And yet, they may be...