Parenting

Time is a thief. Each year, many of us take the obligatory first and last day of school pictures, shocked at how much our children have grown right before our very eyes. The changes happen gradually and you don’t necessarily...

Fellow mothers of teenagers, I join you in the quest to forge more time with our young people. I hope that together we can unlock the secrets of nudging our moody, phone-obsessed, self-isolating teens to spend quality time with...

I got a haircut a few months ago. My head was starting to look like a Christmas tree again – flat on top, wide and frizzy on the bottom – not a cute look. Wild things were starting to...

Aren’t they a mystery? Teens are perplexing creatures. They need affection, yet push parents away. They want help from us, yet they often believe they can do it all on their own. Understanding the adolescent mind feels like a...

I will never forget the first time I "lost" a child. He was probably four- or five-years-old, and we had taken a trip to Hobby Lobby that afternoon. Even at his young age, he was a pretty independent kid,...

Let's face it, moms of teenagers: the days of snuggling and cuddling your little boy or baby girl are long gone. The cuddles are replaced with forced hugs initiated by you and the equivalent of a snuggle becomes the...

I have an adult friend who has incredible intuition and is able to respond with confidence and grit to unexpected circumstances. I admire the way she trusts her own instinct and can articulate position or needs. She has learned...