Perspectives in Parenting

We live in a culture and society where we all compare what we have and who we are to everyone else. We watch television shows where we compare how people look, sing, and dance to others then vote for...

“Five more minutes and that’s it!”  Does this sound familiar? Are repeated warnings and meltdowns part of the process, too? Why?  Why is the battle of the screens such a struggle? Studies show us that today’s kids are more plugged...

Nobody is perfect – something I must remind myself every day. Every mom struggles with something and no mom can do everything. Something starts to slip when you focus on something else. There is absolutely no way to do...

“You’ll never guess the 2nd most common reason an ambulance was dispatched from 911 last year.  Possible drowning!” my husband read to me in surprise.  He was flipping through a report from work written by an Atlanta-based ambulance company.  We...

Awesome orange, yahoo yellow, good day green, watch out white, and then there’s boo-hoo blue. Welcome to the behavior chart in my son’s kindergarten class. Some of us are all too familiar with charts indicating the type of day...

It's been awhile. Life has a way of coming at you fast, ya know?  Just when you seem to get your head above the water of whatever wave you're riding, the tide seems to pull you under and you just...

Being a Mom is an exhilarating roller-coaster of emotions for the next, well, forever. Being the Mom of a toddler is a special time in which you get to watch your little one turn into an actual person while they...

This is a rock.  I dumped it and its friends in my yard years ago. The recent rains have drifted them back into my life.  This rock was inventory from a previous job. It was awarded to clients for...

I’ve got crumbs in my Jimmy Choo bag. Greasy handprints on my jeans.  Stones missing from my jewelry and stilettos begging to be seen.  Remnants of a past life, shelved temporarily.  I’ve got crumbs in my Jimmy Choo bag,...

To hear Moms talk about sleep today, it’s like it’s Ponce de Leon’s mysterious Fountain Of Youth – full of magical healing properties, but impossible to find without Johnny Depp, a pirate ship, and two tears from a virgin...