Tag Archives: Mothering Well
When You Have Too Many Good Things
Theoretically, I disagree with the practice of throwing away kids' toys while they're away and unaware. I believe they should be part of the process; that learning how to hold things loosely is an imp...
May 10, 2019
Teaching Our Children to be Heroes
School shootings have always made me feel scared and helpless. I knew many of the students who were on campus at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte yesterday... children of precious friends ...
May 01, 2019
Tips for the Working Mom Who Travels
Traveling for work often means additional creativity is needed in the parenting department. Whether you find work-related travel tedious or enjoyable, here are 8 ways for the career-focused mom to kee...
Apr 25, 2019
A Promise for All Moms
Dear Amazing Mom, Can we make a promise to each other? Let's promise each other that we will take at least one weekend vacation before the end of the year. Now, when I say "vacation", I don't mean a f...
Apr 22, 2019
Nine Tips for an Easier Morning with Kids
Mornings are notoriously hard for moms and kids. Whether you're trying to get everyone out the door for school, daycare, or your latest MOPS meeting, kids don't live with the same sense of urgency we ...
Apr 19, 2019
Mental Health & Our Children
In early 2017 I began hearing about a new Netflix series called 13 Reasons Why and a friend of mine encouraged me to watch the first season. I was deeply impacted by this series as I quickly realized ...
Apr 09, 2019
You Can't Parent with Grace If You Don't Regularly Enforce Consequences, Too
It all started with a phone call. I got an automated notice informing me of my daughter's outstanding balance on her school lunch account. It didn't strike me as totally out of the ordinary, but I did...
Mar 30, 2019
Child Safety Alert: 5,000 Kids Fall From Windows Each Year
Each year 5,000 children suffer falls out of open windows. As the weather warms and we once again start opening our windows to let the outside air in, there is an increased risk to young kids that we ...
Mar 28, 2019
When Parenting Has You Feeling Overwhelmed
When my first born was about a week old, I had what I will refer to as a short spurt of postpartum depression. I don't know if it would actually be classified as that because the duration was only a c...
Mar 27, 2019
Protect Your Kids: What to do About Dangerous Messages Embedded in YouTube Kids and Other digital Content
I sit here struggling to know how to find the way to express my profound concern for the content our kids are consuming in flood-like fashion every day and night of their lives. I, too, am a mom, and ...
Mar 11, 2019
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