A Memo To My Kids From The Department of Fairness
Dear Children, It has come to our attention that you two siblings have been engaged in consistent disagreements concerning the fairness of treatment in the household with respect to each other. Such...
View ArticleKids and Weight
“Mommy, do you think I’m fat?” Those words from my five year-old, uttered in a soft whisper of a bathroom stall as we changed in to her ballet tights and leotard, stopped me dead in my tracks. “God,...
View ArticlePeaceful Conflict Resolution for Children
The last thing we want is for our children to experience the stress and heartache of any type of conflict. However, it is inevitable that such situations will arise. Teaching children how to end...
View ArticleWhen We Left the NICU
Today is World Prematurity Day, a day aimed at bringing awareness to the global problem of premature birth. And a day that makes me feel eternally grateful to a small group of people that helped me...
View ArticleLife Lessons From the SkatePark
“Don’t walk up on that ramp, Mom,” my eight year-old son warned me when we arrived at the skatepark. It was my first time taking him, though he had been to this skatepark a couple of times with his...
View ArticleSoftening the Edges
I’m not sure where I lost my fun side. Perhaps it escaped the clutches of living in a harsh city like New York by taking the Long Island Railroad and retired on Long Beach. Maybe it became trapped in...
View ArticleHard to Make a Blanket Statement About Attachments
This year, my daughter valiantly gave up her lovey – a beat-up old sleep sack that she’s used to help comfort her while she sucked her thumb for five+ years. (Yeah, remember Mr. Mom? Sleep sack was...
View ArticleA Mother’s Bucket List
As I wind down the month of January and come to terms with how half-assed I committed to my “resolutions” for the year already, I’ve been thinking about setting more realistic goals for myself in the...
View Article10 Types of Parents You See At Practice
With two kids each involved in some type of sporting activity, we’re at some kind of practice three to four times a week. Which means I have a lot of downtime to People Watch. Sure, I could bring a...
View ArticleThe Wilson Elementary Bedtime Chart: A Parent’s Perspective
You may have seen the chart floating around on Facebook from Wilson Elementary School. It’s the one that tells you what time your child should be going to bed based on what time they need to wake up....
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