Tag: parenting

As an early childhood professional, I love messy, process art. As a working mom, I need manageable, easy-to-clean art. Over the years, I have...

My daughter is doing 4-H for the first time this year. I never did 4-H, and neither did my husband. We knew nothing about...

This summer marks five years since I decided to leave full-time work. As I contemplated stepping away from the workforce, I was scared and...

Decide once: my favorite principle out of my very favorite self-help book, The Lazy Genius Way.  There are so many ways you can apply...

For many parents deep in the trenches of raising children, there are moments when parenting feels nothing short of hard. The truth is that...

A couple of months ago, I bought a $15 rainbow-themed visual timer for my 6-year-old daughter as a practical solution to a very specific...

We did not stumble into teaching our kids about money by accident. We heard about the three‑jar system from friends, nodded along as most...

At seven months old, my baby boy was diagnosed with a peanut allergy. Although we were pretty positive this was the case, when the...

“The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother...

It's no secret that being a parent is deeply difficult work. Beautiful and rewarding, yes, but also exhausting, confusing, and confronting work. While I...

Dear Son,  Happy 10th Birthday! How time flies. It seems like just yesterday I was writing a letter to you on your first birthday.  Even though...

My son started kindergarten last fall, and I worried about so many things. But suddenly, I blinked, and it’s May, and I am starting...

Motherhood is often measured in milestones, but the quiet, in-between moments are where so much of the real story lives. The parts that change...

Motherhood is often auto pilot. It’s packing lunches, plugging in chromebooks, folding another load of laundry, and making sure no one skips a shower....