Parenting

Confession:  I feel like an old mom.  Okay, maybe that’s not entirely accurate.  I FEEL like a 25-year-old.  But I’ll just say it: this month I turned 39.  Which means I’ve begun the countdown to 40.  When it comes...

Take A Guess If you had to guess how long you had to instill in your children good money habits, what would you guess? 12? 15? Until they are no longer under your roof? What if I told you the number was...

As of this writing, I’ve been a father of three for just over one month. Ever since we knew our third was on the way, I kept asking my wife, “Are we crazy? We’re crazy, right?” And while life...

Sitting in the preschool drop off line I realize this is real....I am a legit adult. I look in my rearview mirror, at my hastily combed hair plastered with dry shampoo and an attempt to wipe off my smudged...

Us veteran moms want to share some truth with friends and family members of the soon to be newbie mom. We know that our adorable pregnant first-time mom has registered for 1,000 things for her little bundle of joy...

We’ve all been there. You swore up and down you’d never let your kids watch more than an hour of TV a day and here they are, watching God knows how many episodes of Paw Patrol on a Saturday...

In August, I began my 11th year as a high school English teacher. After two years at home with my kids, I came back to the classroom ready to prepare students for the real world. One quarter of 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...

I recently met a father to two grown boys and the stepdad to 2 young girls (ages 9 and 13). Let's call him Joe, his wife Karen, and his stepdaughters Jenna and Kiera. Joe adores his stepdaughters and they...

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...