Let Your Kids See You Cry
It was only 10 o’clock in the morning and I was already looking forward to bedtime that day. I knew one more whine, one more fight, one more mess would...
Alarmathi Sankaran
Earth Day: How Can We Celebrate Our Earth?
Kids are the hope of the future, which means they are the hope of the whole world. If you think about it, that makes us the parents of this future...
New Mom, New Country: My Journey
As a young woman in India, my life was going as planned. I graduated from university, I got a job… and I did not worry about what I would do...
A New Mom in a New Country: What TCMC Did For Me
With our 7th birthday here at Twin Cities Family on the horizon, we decided to take a moment this week to turn our hearts and minds towards all things celebration!...
Say “Yes!” to Traveling with Kids
Considering last year we went from “Oh no! Not another road trip!” to “Wow, it’s already been a month since we went on a trip!”… I would say we have...
Solutions to the Screen Time Nightmare
My 4-year-old pre-kindergartener recently asked me, “Amma (mom), when do I get to have my own phone?” I was taken aback, wondering where is this coming from?! As we talked...
Raising Kids with Our Traditions but in a Different Culture
{Photo credit: Jennifer Burks Photography} As parents, we yearn to pass on our culture and traditions to our children as part of parenting. I didn’t realize this until I faced...
Making Breastfeeding Less of a Struggle
“I wouldn’t do that when I have my baby,” I said five years ago like every other mom. A couple years later, I said, “I will probably do it the...
The Hard Side of Making Mom Friends
I wouldn’t call myself an introvert. I am just a girl who always has that fear of taking the first step. Getting along with a group was really hard for...
Two Countries and Two Different Births
It was a summer night and we were watching The Incredibles at the park. I got up to go to the restroom and realized my stomach was being pulled down,...
