Parenting

From the time we learn we'll soon welcome that precious baby into the world, we parents must figure out how to care for them. So begins the extensive research on the many options for this sweet child who we hope to guide into the...

I apologize for a lot of things. Things I don't need to; we are both going down the aisle and I need to get around you, so you move, and I apologize. Why? I think it's simply a woman's...

With a month left to go in the summer, my son cashed in a summer reading prize in an unexpected way: he got a chess board. I hadn’t played chess since I was a kid, so I was excited...

I’m an introvert. No doubt about it. Before kids, I was leery of meeting new people and striking up a conversation. I enjoyed social outings but not in large settings and that consisted of a small group of friends and...

For those parents who are home during the summer months, it can be a tough decision of how much “to do”. Some moms believe that summer days should be spent with no agenda and allowing kids to have free...

Two Columbus Moms Blog contributors, Helen Bosacki and Aaron Taylor, discussed their take on the all-important birthday party. At home or rent a place? Just family, just friends, or both? Goodie bags or not? The answers to these questions...

The Journey to Motherhood My journey to motherhood was long. After seven years of failed fertility treatments, miscarriages and depression, I almost threw in the towel. All I ever wanted to be when I “grew up” was a mother. My...

The topic of discipline is a "hot button" issue for many stepfamilies. It can be the catalyst for chaos and power struggles between stepparents and stepchildren as well as the couple themselves. As one stepdad shared, "It's like walking...

You’ve probably seen the Christmas book advent calendars floating around on Pinterest, and if you haven't, the idea is that your kid gets to unwrap one Christmas or winter themed book to read each day until Christmas Eve. On...

You don't often hear of families having a mission statement or core values. There are cute posters that I often see in home decor stores with lovely (albeit, generic) statements like "Be Kind" or "In this family, we do...