Perspectives in Parenting

If your family is anything like mine, then back to school also means back to your regularly scheduled lives. I have soccer for one kid, gymnastics for another, another who does drama, and one another in Tae Kwon Do....

School is back in session, which means fall sports are gearing up too. As we begin hitting the ball fields, racing to practices, and doing those oh so dreaded fundraisers, let's remember to play nice, parents.   Having coached a...

Yep, it has been a year since I became a momma...August 16, 2016, to be exact. We get to celebrate our 1st Gotcha Day. Which, the 12-year-old loves because it means it is a second round of birthday gifts....

A year ago I read the book The Gift of Failure. As a former teacher and a mom, so much of the book resonated with me. Many of Jessica Lahey’s words made me want to virtually high-five her. Yes!...

I've been pregnant three times. And each time those two little pink lines popped up, I had about five and a half minutes before I started obsessing over whether baby was a boy or a girl. I needed to know...

When I am out with my youngest, who is 3, Moms will say things to me things like, “Enjoy it now; it goes by so fast!” What they don't know is that I have a 19-year old and a...

I didn't want to see it. We were on our summer family vacation in California, and I wanted to slap on my rose-colored glasses and frolic in ignorant bliss. But my 14-year-old son could see nothing else. We were staying...

Call me a nerd all you want, but I am super-excited about August 21, 2017, and being able to see a solar eclipse! As you know, a solar eclipse is when the Moon gets between the Earth and the...

It’s summertime mom and let's face the sun is hot with dangerous UV rays. With a blazing sun and harsh rays, we need to protect our kids’ skin with the best sunscreens on the market. Many sunscreens are not...

I'm not writing this to sound conceited but I think I've reached an all time high of self-confidence level.  How did I come to this conclusion? Well, I realized the other day that when I get up to get dressed,...