Teaching My Children the Strength of Practicing Kindness
I was going to write about my three-year-old’s ex […]
View ArticleWhat Every Parent Should Know About Their Child’s Teacher
Once again, it’s that time of year when parents e […]
View ArticleA Letter to my Daughter on Her First Day of Preschool
My sweet Caroline, Today was your first day of preschoo […]
View ArticleRun For Cover! She’s Gonna Blow!
Is it a full moon or something? Did I miss the memo? […]
View ArticleCranky New Year: The Top Three Reasons Ringing in the New Year with My Kids...
I have had one or both kids at home with me for several […]
View ArticleWhy I Chose to Redshirt My Son
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View ArticleTen annoyances that prove you’re a parent
10. Kid whispers. You know what I’m talking about […]
View ArticleWhy Parents Have a Hard Time Talking to Teachers About Their Children’s Needs
The girl’s violence struck the library like a bolt of l […]
View ArticleI Cannot Emphasize Enough How Much Your Life Will Change with a Mother’s Helper
That moment when you smack your head after realizing th […]
View Articlecommunity makes a world of difference
Something very special happened today. I went to my girls’ school to drop off paperwork for my older daughter, and I saw my younger daughter on the playground. She waved excitedly at me, and then...
View ArticleAnother School Year, Another Redshirting Discussion
Every few years the topic of redshirting arises at the State level. Legislators are currently debating the possibility of requiring children to start Kindergarten in line with the current December 31,...
View ArticleThe Hardest Choice a Working Mother Must Make
I am a working mother and I always have been. I took only six weeks off after the birth of my first daughter (thanks to no paid maternity leave) and twelve weeks off after each of the births of my...
View ArticleTeens in Trouble: Stress and Suicide
Earlier this month several of my friends who routinely commute to New York City for work posted photos of a crowded Grand Central Terminal on their Facebook pages. Trains in and out of the station were...
View ArticleFailing Kindergarten!
This has been a great school year for my older daughter, who turned five last summer and was super excited to start kindergarten at the magnet school where she has attended preschool for the past two...
View ArticleTop Three Reasons I Am Winning at Parenting and In Life Today.
Sometimes you wake up, start your day, and just feel like everything suddenly clicks. This happens almost never for me. But it happened to me today. If I could, I would bottle up and sell the magic...
View ArticleSpring Break
I have been “working from home” all week because my kids have been out of school for April vacation. I am managing to get some things done, but the hardest part is not having complete control over my...
View ArticleThe New Challenge In Raising Our Girls Is Innocent and Well-Intentioned Sexism
Quick, read this phrase and tell me what immediately springs to mind: “Women in STEM.” Where did your brain go? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, I doubt your first thought was “women are...
View Article…and just like that, it was over.
…and it begins. In the first post I ever wrote, I told you how a stranger warned me not to blink or it would be over. At the time, I was struggling through the “Terrible Threes” with my Jacky. I...
View ArticleHow to Prevent Your Child From Picking Up Negative Behaviors
One of our cats is diabetic, and I found myself in the vet’s waiting room late one afternoon with my two uniformed children, freshly retrieved from their magnet preschool/early elementary school. Their...
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