Recently my family was heading out to dinner. After some shuffling and loading into the car, I sank into the front seat and took a…
We recently received several inches of snow. My crew enjoyed this unexpected surprise as it hardly snowed last year, and we were deeply disappointed. Once…
By Barbara Moon Do you ever find yourself getting caught up in arguments with your teen? You see a situation one way; your teen sees…
It was a rough morning. My crew overslept. We woke up grumpy. From the moment our feet touched the floor we were running late. This…
From Chris: The other day I was upstairs in my house when I heard my 5 year-old son playing basketball in the driveway. I looked…
I want to have a heart to heart with you about raising resilient children. These are children who bounce back and recover when things go…
At my son’s final swim lesson of the season, the instructor led my 7-year old to the deep end of the pool to practice freestyle…
Sometimes my sons say hurtful words to each other. As we all know, words can hurt. Because my husband and I have little patience for…
Matthew has not learned to swim. Over the last several years my 7 year-old son has participated in a number of swimming lessons – to…
This evening ended peacefully with Matthew and Andrew working alongside each other. Andrew enjoyed helping big brother complete the 3-foot tall dinosaur robot that Matthew…