A little bit of thoughtfulness can go a long way.   I have made it part of my personal mission statement to act on those...

“I wanna do what I wanna do.” This is my 2-year-old’s newest chant.  My heart chimes in with an amen, I hear ya, little man every time it...

So that resolve thing?  Yeah, it’s not working. I keep trying to do things on my own and my resolve lacks results. So, here’s what I am...

Stone-walling. That’s the recurring tactic of my son, Wes. When something is bothering him, he withdraws and shuts down. Completely. It’s...

If you have been following my blog at all, you’ll know that I have 4 children under the age of 10. As you can imagine, it is tricky to...

I had one of those parenting days where things seemed to be caught in a negative vortex that was spiraling out of control. Staying home...

My daughter approached me this morning saying, “don’t freak out mom, but…” Now, if you are a mother, you can anticipate my reaction to...