Tag: Parenting
The Scariest Night of the Year: Halloween with Food Allergies
The scariest night of the year is coming up – especially for food allergy parents. If your kids with food allergies are like mine,...
Deciphering Your Teen’s Slang
Trying to decipher the slang that my teenage son and his friends speak lately is like learning a whole new language! Where do these...
Baby Safety Month Tips for Parents
Parenting is both a profound joy and a significant responsibility. Beyond nurturing and caring for a child, ensuring their safety is one of the...
5 Ways to Teach Your Children to be Inclusive
Today is World Autism Day. Whether you stand for Awareness or Acceptance, the goal is still inclusivity. But we’re going to be talking broader...
A Tool Kit for the New Military Mama: An Interview With...
We know firsthand how beneficial community can be. We want to show our Moms of Service Members that they have a safe place to...
Can I Borrow That Book?
I have a twelve year old who tears through books at a speed I can’t believe, and a ten year old who listens to...
Deployment and PCS Resources for Military Kids
April is month of the military child!
As a certified child life specialist (CCLS) I use play and bibliotherapy to help children cope with stressful...
Making Mornings Manageable Again
The winter blues. Somehow they always catch me off guard. And nowhere is this more evident than in my family’s weekday morning routine. Every...
It’s None of Our Business What Other People Think About Us
It's none of our business what other people think about us.
We've heard it all before. We know we shouldn't care what others think, and...
Be A Friend
As the school year started, I decided I needed to revamp my boys’ chore chart. I wanted them to work on creating good habits...
Create an After-School Connection Ritual
When my five-year-old started kindergarten this August, I realized that I needed to create an after-school connection ritual with my children in elementary school....
Love Them Differently: Loving My Kids Equally but Not the Same
I have 3 kids, two of which were born pretty close together. I called their infancies and toddlerdom my “baby years.” My baby years...