Have you ever eaten a meal with a spouse or friend and had them pull their phone out to text, or worse yet, answer a call while you are talking? How does that ...
Parenting well is a lot like being a master gardener. I have learned a lot of parenting lessons tending to the perennials in my garden (and I’m not a master ga...
As parents, most of us like to believe we've shielded our children from the “bad news”. We think minimizing television news viewing and filtering what the chil...
01 Declutter the toys
In order to get started, you have to let go of all the things that have been keeping you overwhelmed and your kids overstimulated with...
Parents need to sit down with their children and make group decisions about which activities the children get involved with. If children are involved in too many activities, they end up feeling tired. By cutting back, the children will likely be better rested and less tired. Also, parents won’t feel like the family chauffeur, and they may see an improvement in the activities in which the children do remain involved.
We're living in unprecedented times. Though we've always believed we can have it all, times like this have taught us it's okay if we drop the ball. We're not s...
Senator Lauren Book
Lauren Book, the founder and CEO of Lauren’s Kids, was a victim of childhood sexual abuse for six years at the hands of a trusted careta...
Friends, the holiday season is upon us, and I am over-the-moon excited about it. Pumpkins, then turkeys, then the finale of peppermint, presents, and snow… gid...
Isn’t it funny how the one thing we hated more than vegetables as children is the one thing we can’t ever seem to get enough of as adults? If we knew then...
I recently talked about how to raise an emotionally healthy son. While it is difficult today, it is not impossible. The same is true for girls. You can raise an...
