Parenting Tip: Pretend Your Child is Someone Else’s

The connectedness between mother and child is wonderfully intense, but it can get in the way of rational thinking and common sense. It works both ways. It can make us feel unreasonably accountable for our children's mistakes. And, it sometimes puts on us blinders, so we can't see our own child's faults and shortcomings.

Tattoos for Tweens

So is middle school too young for a tattoo? Not if it’s a henna tattoo!  To celebrate the start of school, I took my 11-year-old and her friend to go get Henna tattoos. For just five dollars, they did a beautiful and unique henna tattoo on the girls hands. I thought it was so beautiful that […]

3 Things to Avoid on the First Day of Preschool

The first day a preschool can create anxiety not just for children–but for adults too. For many parents, it’s the first time that they’ve ever been separated from their child. Or maybe you’ve been separated when you’ve had a sitter or eft them with grandparents, but the first day of school could be the first […]

Personalized Backpacks

Put a personal touch on kids' back to school gear with a monogrammed backpack.

Leave Your Kids Alone Until School Starts

“You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again.” ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762 All the way back in the 1700s when there were crops […]

Get Your Kids Back on a Healthy Sleep Schedule

Sleep schedules have gone the way of the winter boots. Here is why and how you should start thinking about your kids' sleep habits now.

10 Tips to Start School on the Right Foot

Ensure a better school year with these simple tips and reminders.

Camp Mommy

Ok, so I can’t take credit for coming up with this brilliant idea but I can take credit for recognizing that there was a NEED to share…. Last summer 4 friends of mine and our 4 children chose 4 days out of a week to rotate hosting a half a day of MOM CAMP.  Needless […]