I am a mom to twin girls and one baby boy. As I reflect on the differences between having twin infants as opposed to a single infant, I can't help but appreciate how much easier having one baby turns...
It is kindergarten roundup season in our house! I will have two identical twin boys entering kindergarten this fall, and as a first-time mom of school-aged children, I am filled with anxiety and lots of questions. Generally speaking, kindergarten...
Most Teenagers want nothing to do with their parents, so I was surprised in 2009 when our fifteen-year-old son, Aaron, asked us if we would go with him somewhere. “It’s in a bar so you guys have to go...
I am always looking for fun and innovative ways to connect with my sons. As they are getting older and more independent, I am so grateful we have family traditions that encourage bonding and one-on-one time. The creative side of...
I typically caution myself from going crazy and end up sticking to the baby registry but sometimes the registry items restrict me. Recommendations included!
Did you know that children have 20 baby teeth? All of which, at some point in their life, they will lose. Enter the Tooth Fairy. The Tooth Fairy is typically a hot topic because there seems to be a vast...
This age, four years old, is the exact place I thought I would never see. For so long, I couldn’t see past the age of two, and most days, I was so deep into the thick of the weeds I...
If you are a parent of a junior or senior, you know it’s scholarship application and letter of recommendation season. Students are overstressed, trying to pass classes, write powerful scholarship essays, and plan for graduation. For students, January-April can...
When I was younger and someone mentioned that a child was "gifted" or "high achieving," I had this vision in my mind of the perfect, angelic student. I had this assumption that the high achiever was a model student...
If you’re a parent of a middle schooler, welcome to the club of parenting The Misunderstood. At a minimum, you were born in the 80s and quite possibly the 70s. Seriously, that was like, forever ago, so you – and...

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