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Kindergarten Redshirting?
Once upon a time, redshirting was reserved for college athletes and occasionally you started Kindergarten a little late because you just weren’t ready. I would know. As an October baby, I was held...
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The Importance of Sleep
Kids need sleep. A lot of it. Toddlers and preschoolers need 12-14 hours of total sleep (nighttime sleep plus naps) and 5-12 year olds need 10-11. Adequate sleep keeps kids healthy, improves...
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FEED the World with Target
By now you know that my love of Target is far greater than my weekly trips to stock up on things that I do and don’t need on any given Monday. I love that Target has simplified the shopping...
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Coping with Childhood Stress
Childhood stress is on the rise. It might seem like childhood is a breeze (they don’t have to worry about the big things in life, right?), but often it is full of stressors big and small. Many...
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Happy Moms, Happy Kids
Want happy kids? Of course you do! Stop by The Huffington Post to read 7 Secrets of Highly Happy Children! We’ve known for quite some time that maternal and/or parental stress trickles down and...
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Happy Kids on HuffPost Live!
Let me start by saying that I am humbled by the response to my latest article on the Huffington Post, “7 Secrets of Highly Happy Children“. The fact that happiness made front page news warms my heart...
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Go Back to School with Target! (Giveaway)
Love with your whole heart. Girls can change the world. If I’m being completely honest, I’ve really been avoiding the whole back-to-school thing this year. After an amazing summer spent running,...
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6 Ways to Raise Strong Girls
It’s always something when it comes to media and the influence that it allegedly holds over children. Always. For some reason, people love to gloss over that whole thing about video games and...
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When Friends Say Goodbye…
My family and I just returned from an amazing two week vacation in the Canadian Rockies. The mountains were breathtakingly beautiful, and the experience was made even memorable by the fact that we...
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Take Back Your Kitchen! (Tips for Raising “Fearless” Feeders)
I get a lot of questions from parents struggling to feed their, um, let’s say “selective” eaters. Some kids eat everything and some kids eat four things. Literally…four things. And it’s hard. Even...
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The Thing About Supermom…
Like many of you, I read a lot of stuff about moms, kids, and parenting. I keep up with the current research and relax with a steaming mug of Irish tea and a few words from some of my favorite...
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Parents – Wake Up!
I don’t know how many children have to take their lives before parents wake up and get angry…really, really angry…about bullying. But I, for one, can’t take it for one more second. Head over to The...
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Wisdom from a 6 Year Old: How to Make Kids Feel Good About Themselves
The other day my daughter found my to-do list. It wasn’t a long list, but it included a few upcoming freelance deadlines. Including one that would need to be completed that night. Scanning the list...
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Tips for Communicating with Older Children
It’s back to school across the country, but in my house school has been in full-swing for almost four weeks. While our family has mostly settled into the swing of things, there have been a few areas...
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Spending time with Dr. Greene
Last week I spent my days “guest hosting” over at DrGreene.com. Dr. Greene has an amazing community. You can find answers to just about any parenting question over there, but it’s more than that....
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Coping with Childhood Anxiety
The first two months of a new school year are full of transition. New teacher. New classroom. New friends in the classroom. New schedule. New expectations. For kids who love routine, all of this...
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Get Ready for Halloween with Target!
Super cute haunted house and pumpkin (cookie) decorating kits! If you know me at all…you know that I love love love holidays. Every last one of them. It’s really not so much about the treats or...
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5 Tips for Raising Positive Thinkers
Some kids are naturally more optimistic than others. Some kids just seem to approach all tasks, no matter how difficult, with a smile and a can-do attitude, But others…others might seem a little...
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On raising awareness…
October is a month of many causes, and one of them is bullying. I can write another post citing statistics. I can talk about prevention, coping, and taking responsibility. And I can beg you take...
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4 Reasons to Encourage Daydreaming
There was a time when Freud described daydreaming as “infantile” and “neurotic. Daydreaming, he seemed to believe, was nothing but an immature defense mechanism used to avoid dealing with the real...
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