The Secret To Blending A Family
The secret to successfully blending a family is making peace with it being messy and ongoing and scary and wonderful.
The secret to successfully blending a family is making peace with it being messy and ongoing and scary and wonderful.
Motherhood is full of opportunities to learn important, and not so important, lessons. You might as well laugh through them all.
Teenagers today are dealing with incredible pressures but in some ways they are still very much the same.
I never thought I’d homeschool my kid, but somehow this is where we ended up. Spoiler: We both kind of love it.
We finally had The Sex Talk with our firth grade son. A long talk. A couple of talks, in fact. And throughout the process, we all learned a few things about the best way to handle discussing sex at this age and stage.
There’s a no-man’s land, I think, in those big-tween/young-teen years, when it comes to summer break. Here’s my current Summer Manifesto for this summer. What’s yours?
My neurotypical teenager has had a cellphone for years; deciding to get a cellphone for my autistic teenager was a very different proposition.
An experiment with family meetings to see if they work.
A couple of life lessons I have (not) learned and want to pass on to my 13-year-old daughter, Cal, before she enters high school about basic life preparedness.
Tomorrow afternoon you are to going stand in an auditorium with a thousand other kids your age. People will speak. Some parents will dab tears. Others will be elbowing their way to a prime position in order to take a photo with their zoom lens. I don’t need to tell you which group I will be in.
A summer recommended book reading list from my teenagers; they love sci-fi, fantasy, coming-of-age teen drama, and (of course) manga.
Every year at this time, our elementary school holds individual ceremonies for the third, fourth and fifth grades. Anyway, that part of the event is all fine and good and it’s great to see the kids get their little medals and certificates. But then? Then things take a very obnoxious turn. Because that’s when the principal thanks everyone for coming, makes some closing remarks and opens up the mic. To the audience. Of parents….
5 tips for parents on being more present and less distracted when spending time with your children.
Think clothes shopping with your teen has to be excruciating? Thrifting together is a great way to save money and have fun while you do it.
A family of seven kids tries to make small changes to save up for a family beach vacation. Learn how they are doing it.
What happens when you internet BFF’s kids meet your own? It’s really a best of the web type story. Seeing our teens become fast friends proved to be an unexpected gift to a dear far-away friend and me.
How do you determine the best age to let a child pierce his or her ears.
No one wants their kid to be unkind to others, but when it comes to issues of mental illness, are you teaching your kid kindness or fear?
Regardless of where a child’s learning occurs, it is my experience that most parents agree about the importance of taking an active role in their child’s education.
When your teen (who is on the autism spectrum) is still a poor sport, game time can be tricky. Sometimes there’s a pleasant surprise in store, though.