In honor of Valentines Day coming up soon, this post is about the intersection between being a parent and being a couple — specifically, how to work through conflicts when you’re in front of your children. Read More
Giveaway! Oribel PortaPlay™ Convertible Activity Center
We’ve got a very special giveaway to kick off the month of February! Enter for your chance to win this Oribel PortaPlay™ Convertible Activity Center. Read More
Weekly Roundup: Best Toys, Baby Accessories, Safety Gear, & More — January 24-30
This week we have some truly cool stuff to share with you–from new Legos and new books to fort-building supplies and baby-carriers. Read More
When Parenting Feels Like Good Grief
Talk to any mom on a heart-level about parenting and you’ll quickly find this: to raise children is to live in the tension of joy and grief. It’s often between the lines, but it’s there. They are in no way mutually exclusive I’ve come to find, and, as a mother, I see myself swinging between the two on any given day. Read More
The Best Gift You Can Give Your Kids? Play Time
Playing with your children, and even wrestling with them is one of the best ways to raise a great kid. Read More
One Easy Way to Improve Your Relationship with Your Kid
If you own a smartphone, chances are, you love it. You take pictures of your kids, stay in touch with friends and family, keep up with the news, and text your spouse reminders to pick up milk. It’s likely never more than an arm’s reach away, and it probably even journeys into the bathroom with you. It’s 2016, and that’s totally normal. Read More
Letting My Daughter React to Stares and Questions
I wanted to insert myself into the conversation happening a few feet away from me, to explain and to defend, but I held back. Read More
5 Ways Social Media Owns Our Kids
I can still hear my mom’s voice from the other room, yelling that I only had five more minutes to be online… Read More
Just Walk Out The Door: The Importance of Mom Friends
If there is one survival tip I can relay to new mothers who are struggling, it’s this: find your people. Having mom friends has made me a different mom. I have often called them my lifelines, because I truly don’t know what raising my children up until this point would have looked like without them. Read More
Light in the Window – My Grandmother’s Last Visit
My paternal Grandmother and I weren’t particularly close. Situation and proximity saw to that; she enjoyed a much more fulfilling relationship with my cousins… Read More