Tag: family

  I’m conflicted about the state of my daughters’ bedrooms. They are thirteen and their rooms are a perpetual state of mess. One occasionally gets...

My oldest turned nine recently, and one of his gifts (perhaps his favorite) was a new bike. This bike was the catalyst to an...

​ Do you obsess about milestones and when your child should be doing something? As a mom of two teens, I’d like to offer this advice to...

I heard something on the radio that surprised me - the first iPhone was introduced in June 2007. Doesn’t it seem that iPhones have...

So, I was originally going to save this topic for October, which is National Fire Safety Month; however, after a visit to the fire...

Before our lovely and amazing toddler burst onto the scene, my husband and I used to furrow our brows in confusion when couples with kids...

Growing up I had a close friend who swam competitively. She and her four brothers all swam on the same team. At the time,...

My husband and I have two daughters. One is 14 and the other is 9 weeks old. The thing is, I only gave birth...

  Parenting Without Power Struggles, by Susan Stiffelman, is the best parenting book I’ve read. That’s high praise considering that I’ve read twenty-six parenting books over the...

Summer 2016 is quickly winding to a close. At the end of July, we picked up our twelve year old twin daughters at sleep away camp....

Hearing the horrific first-hand accounts at Orlando's two heart breaking shooting incidents, have caused me to ask myself would my teenagers (even myself) know...

Let me preface by saying that I adore my son and I will also adore my daughter when she arrives (due in October). I will...

There is a lot of tabu that comes along with announcing pregnancies before the second trimester. Some women feel it's bad luck, while others...

Yesterday morning my Facebook newsfeed was filled with friends tagging their brothers and sisters in old photos. Apparently April 10th is National Siblings Day. I...

Soccer has officially taken hold of Orlando’s sports scene. Thanks to Orlando City Soccer, families have had a whole new way to appreciate the...