I need advice on a family issue. My wife’s father is at the end of a long illness. He is in hospice in NJ and she is there now. He will likely pass in…
Category: Rituals
There are lots of ways to teach kids to express gratitude. If your family is like mine, we spend most of November preparing for Thanksgiving, with the guests and the cleaning and the cooking….
It’s Food Drive time at school! The next time your child comes home asking for a donation for anything (books, clothes, canned goods, money)? Don’t say yes right away! Here’s why….
Dr. G, with the back to school season in full swing, Rice Krispies wants to know your suggestions for making mornings simple and stress free for the entire family? Kellogg’s Rice Krispies (state not…
I’m starting a new series today! Starting this week I’m going to have a weekly (ish) VIDEO series on very quick ways to make our lives easier as parents and reinforce the 3 R’s…
I am really pleased to be over on The Slop Swap today, a great blog about saving. I’m writing about teaching kids to save money, and I hope you’ll stop by!…
I was invited to post “anything my heart desired” today over at the blog of a woman I’ve long admired. Nicole, at By Word of Mouth Musings is gracious, funny and real, classy and…
Valentines Day can be lovely, but it can also be filled with angst and social pressure for kids in elementary school! Come on over to Huffington Post where I’m stirring up Valentines Day trouble!…
Today I am thrilled to be back over at A Mother World, answering a parent’s question about how to handle holiday parties and visits. These can be a battleground or a struggle for kids….
My teenager cannot seem to survive without her cell phone, not even for the 30 minutes we spend as a family eating dinner. It is driving me crazy. And when I say anything, she…
