Raising kind kids with parenting that empowers
Jenn, Emma, and Rhett know all too well what it sounds like when mom starts counting. They hear me from a distant room… “1… 2…3…” and that’s when feet start scattering to do what I asked them to do in the first place like clean up their spill, get down from trying to climb out […]
When our family started homeschooling, suddenly the house was a thousand times more of a disaster because the house was our home base. And it was grating on my nerves to walk through our home and see so many messes. Unfortunately, no matter how much I begged or demanded that my kids work on cleaning, […]
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Chuck E. Cheese’s . The opinions and text are all mine. So far, summer in New England this year has been full of chilly breezes and torrential downpours. Both can easily put a damper in our plans to spend every waking minute outside soaking […]
I remember the days of bringing home our first child and thinking just how tired and overwhelmed I was. And then we moved across country soon after our second. Then our third came into the world and all I could think about was how fast time had gone by and how I was missing out […]
After 17 days and 1,000 miles, a mama orca let go. She dropped her dead baby into the ocean after being surrounded by friends who helped carry her 400 pound calf across the ocean. They were her village and they fill a special place in history where they have demonstrated true compassion, community, and solidarity […]
Summertime has so much nostalgia associated with it. I want to say that it’s because everything was a little slower, there was less pressure, and the opportunities to go and do fun things were endless. It doesn’t take much to make meaningful memories when it’s full of vacations and big-over-the-top excursions. But how can we […]
