Tag: growing up
Let’em Fail: Why Letting Your Kids Stumble is Necessary
Catching your child before they fall begins with the toddler age when they are just learning how to walk.
The baby gates are up, the...
How To Foster Sibling Love
Siblings fight. That’s just what they do. When put in close quarters, they fight for attention, to be heard at the dinner table, and...
But How Do I Know if This Is Right?
One thing I have learned in my eleven years as a mother and six years as a mother of three is that decisions are...
Modest Is Hottest
Modest clothing for kids has been all over my feed recently. A mom went viral after shopping for dresses for her seven—and ten-year-old girls....
Not All Skinfluencers Glow: On Saying No to Tween Skincare
We were shopping for a back-to-school outfit at an outdoor mall last August when I first noticed my ten-year-old daughter eying Sephora from across...
What to Look Forward to in the Teen Years
Mood swings, self-confidence, sass, peer pressure, distancing, and independence-seeking. What is the common denominator? The teen years.
In our second year of raising a teen,...
I Am Tired
I am an Aries. I am determined, ambitious, high-energy, yet easygoing. But mostly, I’m an impulsive “yes” girl. In my life at home, as...
Play Time: The Last Mile
As anyone with kids knows, changes can come slowly, and changes can come fast.
Suddenly, your child grows assertive and refuses pants. Suddenly, there is...
My Baby is Going to Kindergarten
Sitting here, sipping on my iced coffee, I am overwhelmed with a whirlwind of emotions. You see, I registered my youngest child for kindergarten...
My Six-Year-Old Is Not Getting a Stanley
The trendy thing, the hot new item, the status symbol. These are not new concepts.
Millennials had the white Louis Vuitton shoulder bag (fake from...