From a puppy’s point of view, puppyhood is a time of unapologetic energy, lots of exciting places to explore, new people and animals to meet, and tons of fun and adventurous times ahead. From a puppy parent’s viewpoint, it's a cute and cuddly time filled with this...
I think it goes without saying that things are a bit out of the ordinary right now. Our day-to-day life looks nothing like it used to, and it’s hard to imagine what it'll look like a couple months from now. Wondering if Life Should Go Back to Normal So while we all...
Patience. As parents, we need A LOT of it. I blog a lot about household stuff—laundry, chores, how I try to be a good mom—but today this one is about school drop-off. Since the weather outside is cold, more and more parents are taking their children to school—me...
Getting a 100% on a test. Unloading the dishwasher. Playing your hardest in a game. These are all reasons why a parent could reward their child. But is the reward necessary and does it help? Or are the above reasons what is expected of them? When I was growing up, I...
We lost our Maverick (Mavi) two days after Thanksgiving after almost 15 wonderful years with him. At this point, he was blind and deaf and didn’t have a lot of energy this past year, but he was loved and spent his last days sleeping and wandering around the house...
Investing in your future is one of the best lessons you can instill in a child. Yes, I’m talking stock market, here. It’s never too early or too late, for that matter, to learn all about the stock market. It can be a fun process and you can even use play money. Let me...
I played sports growing up. I never showed any interest in learning to play an instrument, maybe it’s because my brother “played” the saxophone for less than a year. So, I wasn’t sure what to say when my fourth grader said, “I want to play the violin.” I forced a...
We’d all like our kids to thrive in academics, the arts, sports and overall at being a good person. Here’s another item to add to our wish list for their success: friendship. I want to see my children happy, engaged and interacting with their peers. Is My Child...
With football season less than a month away (fingers crossed) and the potential for e-learning, there seems to be more alcohol in our household. Let’s be honest, my children are the reason I drink; therefore, I can drink in front of my children. In fact, given the...