The Truth About Teeth
Tell me the truth: did you ever think about how and when your kid would lose her teeth? Did you ever have any sense of what it might be like...
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...
Turn the Page
by Katie Clark
How many times have you read the same children’s book again and again and again? How often do you stop and actually listen to the words, the message, and the...
The Did-Do List
“I feel like I am failing at everything!” Ever yelled that one into the big open sky? Yep – me, too. Only about 10,000 times. It’s so easy to see...
Give Your Kid a Scoutlook On Life!
What’s better than your kid having more fun than they’ve ever had before? Having fun with them, of course. That’s exactly what Cub Scouts aims to do by providing a...
Grace and Grit
I knew I’d get some funny comments when I was pregnant. I had heard my mom friends lament about them, the jokes about expecting twins, and how ridiculous it is...
The Myth of Motherhood
When expecting your first child, you often have an idea in your head of the type of mother you want to be. You daydream about how you will speak to...
Two Pink Lines
My husband and I only waited a year after we were married before we started trying to have a baby, but month after month, we kept getting negative pregnancy tests....
Working Mom Shame
{Photo Credit: Chelsie Lopez} I was at a conference recently where we were round-tabling and asking one another what we need from each other. … a caterer, a virtual assistant,...
Our Baby Got Kicked Out of Daycare
by Maureen Zhao
There are a few stories I really don’t like to retell. One of them is that time I got Norovirus one hour into a 13 hour flight from China. The...
The Last of the Throw Away Generations
This is us; or rather, anyone born in the 20th century. We’re all descendants of thrower-outers. It wasn’t until several years into my grade school youth that the concept of...
Like a Boss: The Mom Resume
Being a mom a tough job. In addition to cooking, cleaning and day-to-day family care, it requires expertise in childhood development, nutrition, conflict resolution and so much more. The job...
Growing up Green: Introducing Young Children to Nature Reaps Benefits
“Teaching children about the natural world should be treated as one of the most important events in their lives.” ~Thomas Berry, Nature Writer Growing up green is more than a...