parenting Archive
Music has such incredible power to stir emotion. Think of the last time you heard your favorite song; or, how fast household chores went when you played an album you hadn’t heard in ages. And, what about that haunting theme track you came across in …
While it still may not be considered “normal,” more and more fathers are staying home to raise the children while mothers go off to work. A trend that was mostly unheard of years ago, it’s now estimated that there are 1.4 million dads who are …
There’s an unfortunate aspect of life that everyone has to learn sooner or later: you don’t always get what you want, even if it’s something that you really, really want. For example, I want to be sitting in some exotic locale with a cold drink …
We’ve all heard the idea that twins are in sync. You may have even seen it. Sometimes twins will say the same thing at the same time, or they’ll do something at the same time. Obviously, the idea is that they do these things without …
In life, the only constant is change, and sometimes, those changes come hard and fast! They can be small like jazzing up the living room with a fresh coat of paint or replacing cow’s milk in your coffee with almond milk. Maybe it’s taking a …
Pregnancy is exciting. I mean, how can it not be when there’s a tiny alien-human growing inside of you, only getting bigger and bigger every day!? It starts microscopic, slowing growing into the size of a chickpea, an egg, a baseball, a baseball glove then …
It’s important to teach your kids how to think outside of the box. By introducing new ways of looking at things, you create connections which foster creativity and free-thinking. It’s a way to find the path of least resistance and to find loopholes to understand …
Recently, one family went through the unimaginable when their baby girl, Ellis, was born prematurely and almost didn’t survive. The harrowing experience was especially hard on big brother Kashton, who at just four years old, must have had some trouble processing exactly what happened. As …
We’ve all heard the idea that twins are in sync. You may have even seen it. Sometimes twins will say the same thing at the same time, or they’ll do something at the same time. Obviously, the idea is that they do these things without …
In life, the only constant is change, and sometimes, those changes come hard and fast! They can be small like jazzing up the living room with a fresh coat of paint or replacing cow’s milk in your coffee with almond milk. Maybe it’s taking a …