Tag Archives: parenting

Summer has come and almost left us, which means school is back in session for my little one; so long to weekly field trips to the Splash Park and hello to school work- well sort of. This year my girl is 1 (almost (1 ½  ) and this year at …

Are we too sensitive? Or not sensitive enough?  You’d think that these questions would never occur in the same space – but it’s something that is on my mind often. It seems someone is offended by every type of lifestyle, comment, and interaction. And there’s a reason that “you can’t …

I’ve been afraid my whole life. I don’t mean afraid of life experience, or trying new things. No, I’m talking about things like Zombies, ghosts, scary stories, dark alleys. You name it, play the scary orchestra, and I immediately covered my eyes, plugged my ears, and hummed along to a …

Friday started like any other day. I packed it with regular amounts of work, dropping kids off, errands, trip to my Pilates studio, picking kids up, and cooking. I didn’t finish all my chores (let’s be honest, I never do) since I was trying to accomplish my New Year’s resolution …

The girl, no older than 10, finished an impressive physical feat on the uneven bars. Her body, straight as a ruler, has just completed a 720° turn, and at the zenith she let go, letting her body fly through the air before she tucked herself into a tiny ball, spun …

Parenting. It comes in all shapes and sizes. For the most part, before I had kids, I thought parenting would come easy and naturally. I would enforce rules and my kids would just listen. Parenting would be easy. I didn’t think it would be something I would have to work …

There are so many different parenting styles out there today. To be honest, it isn’t important for me to feel associated to a particular method or style, but rather feel right with how I am parenting.  Today, I’m talking about a controversial method of discipline. Spanking. I simply do not believe in …

Ah, the public park.  Before having children, I never understood the deep politics that go along with an afternoon play date to the park (and, to be frank, I didn’t care).  But now with two rambunctious boys and a work-at-home career, afternoon play dates are very much a part of …

Today’s sponsored post is brought to you by St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center and written by Helen Gray, MD.  Helen is mother to four children: her 7 year old son, Elijah, sassy 5 year old daughter Kaiya, spunky 2 year old son Tristan, and energetic 11 month old son Callan. Both …

Do you ever feel like your life resembles the movie “Groundhog Day?” I’m kind of there. Don’t get me wrong, my life is good, but I feel like I do the same thing everyday. Yes, we go places and do things and have fun, but overall I feel like our …