Perspectives in Parenting

When my son was born, I thought that the emergency c-section was going to be the toughest part. I remember I called our moms and said I was going in for delivery early, my son's heartbeat was irregular and...

My alarm clock every morning is the sound of baby elephants leisurely coming down our stairs from their bedroom. I automatically move the pillows surrounding my body in order to have a clear side for each child to snuggle...

Picture in your mind the final scene in the movie Rocky.  Sylvester Stallone dripping with sweat and blood, puffy eyed, bruised and battered, more than a little dazed.  He’s just put up the biggest fight of his life and...

The city of Atlanta has been preparing for the "Big Game" for years. We are excited to have football fans from far and wide visit our great city. At the beginning of the 2018 football season, the anticipation that...

Anytime I hear about instances of child abuse, whether physical, sexual, or emotional, I feel sick, enraged, and helpless. It makes me want to wrap my kids up in bubbles or never let them leave the house. I am...

Entering the new stage of having a preschooler can definitely take you on a rollercoaster ride. My little one started preschool this year. We enrolled him in a part-time program to ease him into a school setting and to...

My kid apparently has the kind of face that makes people want to give her things. All the time. Even people we don't know. Seriously, one time at the zoo when she was about 2, T reached out for...

For a woman who takes great pride in possessing an extreme amount of patience, admitting that I morphed into a screaming mom who yells at instead of speaks to her children is embarrassing. I have the fortitude to sit...

It’s that time of year again when holidays are upon us. We celebrate Thanksgiving each November, and welcome home our little ones from daycare or school with adorable crafts of turkeys and cornucopias and sweet notes that tell us...