Author Archives: Kristina Slaney

My parents have a mango tree in their yard in Florida. When the season rolls around, 10-15 mangoes fall off of it per day. Friends, that's a lot of mangoes. Of course, we've been doing all the normal ...

"Mama, I just saw a black car with white words painted on it. It said 'Black Lives Matter.'" And just like that, a conversation began with my youngest. We talked as I drove, and I tried to choose expl...

When schools closed and our kids came home for the rest of the school year, I was excited to try some new things to enrich the learning in my home. I'd always been jealous of my homeschooling mom-frie...

Moms everywhere are overwhelmed. They'd be less overwhelmed if their families helped out, but you know what? It's overwhelming to teach them. While getting kids to do chores makes a huge difference in...

Between working, homemaking, and facilitating distance learning, a lot of us moms are stretched thin these days. Our calendars may be empty, but our days are certainly full. Many of us are guilt-ridde...

We're all looking for ways to enjoy some family fun during these quarantine days. This past weekend, my family had a lot of fun and laughs in the kitchen with a coronavirus-themed baking competition! ...

We are living in an unprecedented time. Millions of children are learning from home, and the nature or quality of that education varies widely. Some kids will wrap up the school year meeting all of th...

You guys, we're all just doing what we can right now. For many of us, the shock and novelty of quarantine has worn off and we're settling in to the possibility that we're in this for the long haul. No...

More and more people are wearing face masks due to the CDC's recent recommendation that everyone wear a face mask in public to help stem the spread of the Coronavirus by asymptomatic carriers. The par...

Trolls World Tour, the much-anticipated sequel to 2016's Trolls movie, is launching today. It's coming direct to on-demand streaming services since we're all staying home thanks to the current pandemi...