Tag: parenting

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....

“Go, Everette, go!” I quietly cheered from the bench as my oldest daughter swam the length of the pool for the first time unassisted....

If you’ve navigated a graduation recently, you have likely experienced serious comparison fatigue. There is no shortage of impressive kids out there. Peers...

A couple of years ago, my middle child started vomiting periodically. When it first began, we assumed a stomach bug and kept him home...

I’ve been friends with my best friend for almost twenty years. We met in high school, and we grew up together. We’ve watched each...