Tag Archives: Mothering Well
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 9, 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
What One Mom Discovered When She Played Fortnite with Her 9-year Old
Republished with permission from Lets Talk Teens. Fortnite Frenzy: What You Need to Know If you've spent any amount of time with a young person recently, you've most likely heard the name of one of th...
Mar 7, 2019
To the Mom Considering Public School
As parents we agonize over the smallest decision that affects our kids. So when it comes to the big ones, agonize doesn't even begin to describe it. Some of these decisions seem so big and life-alteri...
Mar 4, 2019
Grieving the Loss of a Pet with Kids
I had often wondered when this day would come. How it would all play out. Where we all would be. Despite it feeling sudden, it was something I had thought about over and over for the past few years. O...
Mar 4, 2019
How To Set Up YouTube So It's Safe For Your Kids
It seems like every few months there's a new warning about YouTube. Whether it's the Tide Pod challenge, your child's favorite animated characters engaged in inappropriate activities or getting murder...
Feb 27, 2019
To My Kid with Perfectionist Tendencies
Oh, sweet one, I get you. I've spent much of my life leaning toward the type A column. It has served me well for the most part, but I have a few words of wisdom for you. Lessons I've learned. Here are...
Feb 20, 2019
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