Parenthood is no joke. Except when it is.
This was our last first year. A shift happens when you know you’re done having babies. Our youngest child, our baby girl, is about to turn one. And just like that, we are done with the baby years. And as much as I’m looking forward to the next stages, my heart is already aching for…
I see her in the shadowy half-light of my daughter’s nursery. My mother. I’m nursing my baby (who at almost one and starting to toddle around is hardly even a baby anymore). I squint, my eyes watering just a bit. I’m realizing how close we are now to the end of the baby years. Not…
I’ll get right to the point: I don’t think kids should be allowed to use their cell phones during the school day. In fact, I’m strongly against it and to be honest I’m kind of shocked that it’s even a thing. Last year I was at a training for social workers on teens and technology….
I’ll admit it, I am addicted to reading parenting books. It’s this weird thing – I don’t really feel like parenting a lot of the time, but I sure do like to read about ways to improve what I don’t feel like doing! As much as I love them, sometimes reading too many of these…
