Little League coaches are often thought of as brash, hyper competitive, and overbearing. But that’s not really the case most of the time. A lot of coaches volunteer their time because they care about kids and want to help them have a good
Are you still looking for Prince Charming? Do you expect your husband to be Prince Charming? Married life will actually be a lot better if you can cast aside the Prince Charming myth. Here are 5 reasons you’ll want to do it. 1.
“Are you vacation mommy today or regular mommy?” My friend Lisa told me that was her daughter’s way of feeling her out. Like, is Mom gonna be fun today or serious? I smiled at the thought, but deep down, that question gutted me.
My family has a list of must-see movies during the month of December. Does yours? The season isn’t complete until Home Alone, Noelle, Elf, and White Christmas grace our screen. The best part is that it’s a tradition that requires very little effort
Smarty pants, mini-me, sport… Some of the labels we put on our kids are positive. Then there are the negative ones—lazy, absent-minded, emotional. Labeling kids is tempting for adults. After all, we use labels as adults to help us gauge how to interact.
When you were a teenager, did you have to wait for your sister or your parents to get off the phone so you could call a friend? How did you make plans for a Saturday night? Was it by word of mouth at
In the waiting room, I sat between my teenagers as two little girls raced toy cars along the windowsill. They vroomed and squealed, obviously having a blast, unlike the man across from me. He had a laser-beam glare fixed on the girls’ mom
If you have a challenging child, you often spend more time disciplining and talking about behavior than having fun. Lying in bed, reflecting on the day, you sometimes wonder why your kid isn’t easier like your friend’s kid. You ask yourself, “What am
When you hear “Yes Day” or “No Rules Day,” does it make you break out in hives? If you’re not familiar with the ideas, they’re both based on the idea that you let the kids let loose for the day and Mom and
Ed Schmitt’s wife had just died, the medical bills were piling up, and his credit cards were maxed out. To make matters worse, one of his two young daughters was sick with the same rare disease that took his wife’s life. She was
Do you have a child who loves to take control? Abby has a bossy (or maybe assertive) child, and she’s learning how to respond in a way that will help develop it as a strength instead of making him feel like it’s something
A fellow mom from work and I commiserated recently over our sons’ behavior. “Honestly,” she said, “my son can be a real—.” She stopped there and shook her head. I nodded, knowing the feeling all too well. We had boys roughly the same
