Maybe because I’ve spent most of my life in school, either as a student or a teacher, I do a lot of research when I start something new. Becoming a mom was no different. If a baby, toddler, or... Read more >>

I am the only one that thinks that children are the biggest joke the cosmos could play on us? They give women this need to have a baby, create life, or you just need someone to care for you in old... Read more >>

I picked up my two-and-a-half year-old daughter from our caregiver’s home and to my shock her caregiver said, “Show Daddy your pretty nails.” My daughter then showed me her painted... Read more >>

No one entering my house for the first time would wonder for a second whether we have kids. One good clue is that most of the artwork was created with washable marker and is hung at the eye-level of a... Read more >>

I found a box of stuff from when my husband and I first got together, back in 1993. He had kids and I had kids. We had both been in some real bad relationships before we got together, so we knew that... Read more >>

When we opened the conversation about married moms who feel like single moms, the torrent of heart breaking tales from married woman doing double—and triple duty—shocked us. The lack of... Read more >>

“I was the first one dressed,” he said. It’s not a race. “I was the first one done with dinner,” said the other. You shouldn’t eat so fast. “I’m the... Read more >>

I saw my life flash beyond the window. It was brightly lit in shades of a day that once again I was not seizing. There were knees licked green by blades of freshly cut grass and hair grown golden in... Read more >>

Laura Gauld, author of the parenting book The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have offer invaluable tips for the first few days—and a successful year. Entering a new back-to-school phase can... Read more >>

I am a grandmother of ten kids and I love them all very much, they are all active kids. They run and play and yell a lot. I think they try to drive me nuts, one likes to pick and one likes to pull... Read more >>