One of my daughters is very much like me, both the good and my (perceived) not so good characteristics.  She’s apprehensive about change, a worrier, a little too serious sometimes,...

Short answer: the truth. Long answer: the truth. (Really, that is a long answer!) The reality is that we are parenting in a time when politics are more polarizing than...

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...

My 4 year old son is my Sunshine Baby. For those of you who don’t know what a “sunshine baby” is, it’s a baby you have before experiencing the loss...

While many quick to think parents tackle the feat of sleep training their baby when they’re a few months old, we had the awesome idea of waiting until our baby...

As I approached a week past my due date with my first daughter, the doctor spoke of inducement.  The baby’s due date was February 22nd of 2008, and 2008 happened...

Once upon a time, within the span of a month, my life changed. An abridged version of the story fits easily into haiku: Had my first baby. Quit my job....

I can’t believe it’s been almost exactly one full year since I last talked about my brother Noah on Twin Cities Family, A Child’s Perception of Life Behind Walls. What’s...

It isn’t enough that we obsessively show and tell our children we love them. We also have to teach them to love themselves; to believe they are worthy and to...

It was the end of the bedtime marathon and I was ready to take my victory lap. My youngest was asleep, or nearly so, in his room. I’d changed his...

  What will life look like in 20 years? I don’t have a crystal ball, but I highly suspect that these facts will be true: I’ll find my current wardrobe...

Germs. The arch-nemesis of mom’s everywhere. I have four kids – all of whom are home sick from school today. Fevers, body aches, sore throats, coughing fits, and low energy...

It’s February 14th friends! This day either makes you smile and wanna walk around and hug everyone. Or you are on the other side of the spectrum and you would...

You’re at the store/restaurant/park/cousin’s wedding. Your child melts down over (insert any reason here). You look up and see the faces of what feels like a hundred people judging every...