Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby
Teenagers and burgeoning sexuality. The conversations are becoming more difficult, but we’ll keep having them, because communication and knowledge are key.
Teenagers and burgeoning sexuality. The conversations are becoming more difficult, but we’ll keep having them, because communication and knowledge are key.
Some mornings leave you only the option to laugh or cry. With a hat tip to Dr. Seuss, I’m attempting the former while channeling my kids.
My teens are growing up, and in some ways everything seems different, now. In plenty of other ways, though, it’s all still very familiar.
Teaching older kids about the ins and outs of respect has to be about reminding them that they control themselves and no one else, but it’s tricky territory.
Having teenagers in the house is a solemn death knell of romance for the parents. And they’re not even sorry about it, either.
Love dessert, but trying to stay relatively healthy? Here’s three great recipe options to satisfy a sweet tooth without guilt.
Today’s kids are being pushed to pick out their career paths way too young, I think, and I’d rather we teach them to keep an open mind and adventuresome spirit.
Much as all the Commandments follow from the first one, I feel like all friendship rules flow from “be nice,” but it gets more complicated as the kids grow up.
I’ve also been able to win over some of those “oh, I don’t like beets” folks with this side/ salad recipe.
“Let It Go” from Disney’s Frozen is the perfect anthem for parents of teens; it’s time to let them go, as scary as that is for both them and us.
Having older kids should make summer less complicated, not more; at least, that’s what I used to think. Planning for the “right” kind of summer is still daunting.
Finding a family-pleasing recipe fit for carnivores and vegetarians alike wasn’t easy, but these stuffed peppers are a big hit in my house.
Our slightly cantankerous second dog has unwittingly helped me to be a better mother to my teenage daughter, because they have a lot in common.
I’m learning that it was never my son’s special needs that made his life more challenging, but his lack of self-esteem. What a difference some self-love makes!
I have fond memories of snow days in upstate New York, but the rare, “modern” snow day in the south just isn’t as magical as what I remember.
Whether you love to serve the old standbys or are looking to mix it up a bit this year, everyone knows the Super Bowl is all about the food. Get ready to snack!
Parenting, much like clutter, will suck up all of the available space in your life if you let it. Don’t just find your Village, participate in it (without the kids).
The weather outside calls for steaming bowls of soup to ward off the winter chill. Here’s a few off-the-beaten-path favorites of ours to try.
It’s true: sometimes I use curse words. And not-so-very-nice-but-not-exactly-curse words. Now that my kids are teens, how do I handle teaching them about swearing?
Schools are closed today due to “excessive cold,” and it’s all my fault. Sorry, I’m not sorry—because it hasn’t slowed down my autistic son one bit.