“Penny, NO! No, no, no, no, they just got this all ready for the grass tomorrow!” I hurried outside wondering how, in a few short minutes, two little girls could find the one thing they shouldn’t do in our big, child-friendly back yard. We were...
So here is the thing about us moms. Aren’t we all just trying to make the broken things a bit more beautiful? My dear friend wrote a sprawling, honest manifesto last year on motherhood. One of my favorites. “Filling someone’s heart and loving another as they journey...
Hands-off or hands on? Helicoptering is out in favor of free-range parenting. 2016 loves strong, independent minds: Montessori style, anyone? Honestly, I tire of the constant chatter on how to parent best. At forty-three and looking back, I saw huge impact in the way...