I Know It’s Wednesday morning, December 16, and in just a few hours you will receive this message in your Inbox. As I wrote in last week’s Read More »
Giving the Gift Back It’s Tuesday, December 8, and I’m sitting in a coffee shop right now writing this blog with a lot on my mind and my heart. Read More »
The Gift That Keeps on Giving Because I said so!” “Whatever you want.” “I really don’t care.” “Let’s talk about it.” Which of these phrases most resonate with you and the Read More »
Make Every Day Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It always has been. I love watching Thanksgiving Day parades on TV. I love the aroma of pumpkin pie and Read More »
Do the Math Starting at a very young age my son loved country music and even more so, loved to dress as a cowboy. He was the proud Read More »
The One Thing Most All Parents Have in Common A number of years ago an inner-city organization gathered middle school aged youth together weekly who had one thing in common with each other – Read More »
To Tell the Truth or Not “Miss Kathleen, did you drink alcohol when you were my age?” I froze in my tracks the first time a student asked me this question Read More »
Walk the Walk Have you ever told your child to eat a food that you were not willing to eat yourself? Have you asked your child to not Read More »
The “Talk About It” Chair Years ago, I picked my 2 1/2-year-old son up from daycare and heard from his teacher that he had bit another toddler earlier in the Read More »
Nurturing Never Happens in a Rush One of my most favorite conversations to have is about parenting. Perhaps it’s because I’ve been doing it for 31 years and I know how Read More »