Perspectives in Parenting

Wife. Mother. Daughter. Friend. Sister. As women we can have so many titles. Business woman. Carpool driver. Caretaker. Head of the Household. Organizer. Just like the titles we are given, our expected “roles” feel endless. With all these identities...

I remember sitting at my kitchen table one morning when my phone rang and I had a sinking feeling the person calling me had bad news. One of my very best friends – who is not a phone call-type-of-girl...

We all know to stay away from products that are toxic or poisonous. And make sure our kids stay away from them, too. But, for some reason, the same doesn’t hold true when it comes to how we deal...

One of the most important jobs we have as parents is to teach our kids right from wrong. In order to do that, we sometimes have to string words together that we wouldn't normally use in the same sentence....

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...

This year, I will celebrate 19 years of marriage to my high school sweetheart. I definitely love him more now than I did when we said, “I do”. But here’s the more remarkable thing- I LIKE him. After 19...

As soon as we add "mom" to our identity it seems the first thing to go is sleep. According to research done by Mattress Firm, new parents report that they hear some variation of “you look tired” 144 times...

I'm just a mom sitting in front of her husband, trying to have a conversation without 100 interruptions. It's true. There is regular beautiful chaos raising kids. We all know, on any given day or moment, there is a...

Like a dryer sheet stuck to polyester dress pants, she clung to my side. I tried literally brushing her off, gently at first and then more assertively when that failed. She stayed. In an attempt to leave her behind,...

Last week my daughter attended gymnastics. Six hours a day for four days. For the first time in over five years, I had kid-free time and no idea what to do with it. It was simultaneously glorious and weirdly...