Tag: parenthood

A Plan For the After-School Blues

The school bus rounds the corner. Your car inches forward in the pick-up line. The clock ticks toward the time of day when parents...

Make Sure You Love Your Pediatrician

"I'm not sure. It's hard to tell when one virus ended and the other began." I'm sitting on the familiar cushy bench in the corner...

Countering Me-Culture: It Starts in the Home

“Little eyes are watching.” As parents, we are all too aware. It’s why we practice manners at the dinner table. It’s why we scoop...

Finding Divine Beauty in Age Gaps

Age gaps can be divine.  I am a mom of five, which means we have a significant age gap between our eldest and our youngest....

60 Summer Bucket List Ideas for Families

Summer is just around the corner, and for moms everywhere, it's not just a season – it's an adventure waiting to happen! As the days...

To My Kids on Father’s Day: A Tribute to My Dad...

There are so many ways to be a good dad. I pray that you always know what we’ve been given in my dad and also in yours.

5 Tips for Parenting Kids with ADHD During Summer

As a psychologist and a mom parenting a child with ADHD, summer brings a mix of emotions. The school setting is not always the easiest fit for kids with ADHD brains. Homework battles, lost assignments, and calls home can be stressful for them and for parents. I breathe a sigh of relief when the end of May rolls around! At the same time, summer brings with it less structure and routine, which can turn summer relaxation into a behavioral challenge. Here are a few tips that have helped us survive in the summer wild west.

Foster Care: My Modern Family

This is a story about a family – my family – and how it has more than doubled in size over the course of the last year... This is what foster care does. It changes you.

10 Tonsillectomy Tips and Tidbits

Only a few short months ago, my brave five-year-old daughter endured a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. Thanks to tonsils that touched, snoring, apnea, and an overheating issue, the time arrived for her to have those “friends” removed from operation.

5 Tips To Get You Through The Cold Season

There might not be anything worse than hearing a little baby struggle with a stuffy nose and congestion. Those sounds likely make us as...