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...
Changing Daycares: How to Make It Suck Less
by Liz Murray
For every working mom with a new baby or preschooler, one parenting decision looms large: Daycare. Where can you safely entrust your child during the 40-plus hour work week? Where...
Letting Go, and Losing Audrina
by Trista Rakow
August 30 is National Grief Awareness Day. Twin Cities Familys Blog contributing writer, Trista Rakow, is bravely sharing her story with us today about loss and how it’s impacted her...
Tips for Picking the Right Preschool
“Is my child ready for elementary school?” If you’re the parent of a young child, or children, chances are you’ve asked yourself this question. We all want to make sure...
Top Health Myths Busted
Our kids are headed back to school where they’ll be thrown into a sea of germs. It’s the perfect time to bust some of those health myths I commonly hear...
I Love Dogs, but I’m Glad I Don’t Own One
by Amber Soler
Let me start by saying that I love dogs. I love pets and animals really, in general. I used to have dogs and I loved them. For Pete’s sake, our...
Ninety Days to Spark a Change
“Putting first things first means organizing and executing around your most important priorities. It is living and being driven by the principles you value most, not by the agendas and...
The Beautiful, Hot Mess
by Rachel Power
“She is delightfully chaotic; a beautiful mess. Loving her is a splendid adventure” – Steve Maraboli We’ve all seen her. Actually, honestly, we have probably all been her. You know,...
The Essential “Supply List” for the Mom Going “Back to School”
She packs up the piles of school supplies dividing them into each backpack. The wide ruled paper empty and waiting for ideas. The crayons smelling like childhood. The pencils sharpened...
World Humanitarian Day – Ways to Leave Your Mark (with kids in tow)
August 19 was World Humanitarian Day. A day to honor humanitarian personnel and those who have lost their lives working to better this world. A day to recognize those incredible...
