How to Determine if a Pool is Right for Your Family
The decision to own a pool is not one to be taken lightly, so I have a few simple questions to help you figure out if it’s right for your family.
The decision to own a pool is not one to be taken lightly, so I have a few simple questions to help you figure out if it’s right for your family.
A reader asks how to help a teen stick out a difficult activity when the other kids are making things unpleasant.
Recent events in the news are enough to make a rational person want to secede from the human race. How can we make this a learning opportunity for our teens?
There’s nothing like a few little health scares to make you think about your assumptions and the future.
A reader asks how to handle a teen who buys into majority politics in what she sees as extreme state, but really, the issue is teaching both critical thinking and tolerance.
How do we switch gears from “child we provide for” to “young adult who must provide for herself” in a way that makes sense? In our case, slowly.
Is gardening really a decent metaphor for raising children? I think it is, in many ways. “You reap what you sow” is only kind of true… and that’s okay.
A reader asks for advice on finding the time/ways to focus on her marriage amid the craziness of constant parenting other other life demands. It can be done!
I’ve been focusing so much energy on getting ready to let go of my college freshman, I forgot I was going to have to do a trial run with her brother, first.
Who knew that helping my pack rat kid dig out her room before college would actually make me laugh?
While my time of “active parenting” with my kids is drawing to a close, I finally figured out how to make sure the tail end of their childhoods isn’t lost.
A reader with a new college freshman wants my take on those college care package services; Here’s my breakdown of the pros and cons of these services.
We talk about cranky babies and unwieldy toddlers; why don’t we talk more about struggling teens? We fear judgment, but that’s just got to stop.
I thought getting my oldest off to college was the hardest transition, but now it’s time for the last everything as her little brother heads into senior year.
Was the first college dorm drop-off the stuff of legends? Actually, it felt remarkably normal, even as everything is changing, now.
Feeding your family shouldn’t be a slog. Here’s my 10 commandments for getting dinner on the table with a minimum of drama on busy school nights.
One of the “joys” of home ownership is all of the unplanned ways in which you get to spend extra money! And it’s making me question my life choices.
My tips for a mother who is transitioning her high school freshman from homeschooling to public school.
When it’s time for your special needs child to apply to college, should they disclose? I think you know which side of this debate I’m on.
Turning 45 forced me to accept that ominous “middle age” label, and to think about what matters to me now (and what has changed over time).