Momhood
Anything you can think of related to parenting - I've been there and I've done that. Now I'm navigating the mirky waters that encompass parenting teens. Join me on this journey...if you dare!
14 Things Every Adoptive Parent Should Know
If you're embarking on the great adventure that is adoptive parenting, chances are good that you wonder just how much you don't know at this point.
Back-to-School Tips: Preparing Your After-School Sitter
For parents, back-to-school is a time to make sure the children are well prepared for the transition from summer fun to classroom structure. But many end up forgetting one crucial element of back-to-school planning…
Back-to-School Tips: Help Kids Avoid Back-to-School Shock
Transitioning from summer fun, swimming pools and beach vacations to new teachers, structured lesson plans and harder-than-last-year homework can be a total shock to kids' systems.
Single Parent Advice: The Apology
There is a fine line between having a mutually-respectful relationship and letting your children run out of control. Apologizing after a disagreement is an important parenting tool that requires a few important steps.
Back-to-School Tips: 5 Talking Tactics to Break School-Year Silence
Getting kids to talk about their day can be quite the challenge for parents as well as after-school nannies and babysitters. Add in the the same mundane question over and over, and you've got the perfect recipe for one-word answers.
Foster Care: A Unique Kind of Mom
When I first became a foster mom I had a dream. In my dream I was holding and cuddling and loving a darling baby, feeling so proud to finally be a mother. But I soon realized something was wrong.
Dad Reviews: New Moon
I have always loved everything to do with Vampires, in fact one of my earliest memories of watching TV was Morgan Freeman portraying Dracula on The Electric Company way back when…
