I was a single mother to my 33-year-old daughter for half her life, yet she still shows no interest in knowing me. And while she doesn’t know who…
I grew up with three sisters and three brothers, so on a typical day, I might find myself dangled over the second-floor banister or tied to a tree…
“Money often costs too much.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Do you want to be rich? We all want our children to be happy, to have all of their dreams…
Oh, the Parent Teacher Association. We hear those words and immediately envision town hall-style meetings with home-made refreshments and a warm, comfortable bonhomie. We see in our mind’s…
We’re back at school. It’s been about a month and although my kids moaned about it, I knew they were looking forward to the routine, friends, and getting…
You look beautiful, life’s fine and then one day, you become a grandmother. When my daughter had a boy, I was elated for her and her newborn. I…
What is it? (And why I want to be a filial cannibal.) Yep, it’s exactly what you think it is: eating one’s offspring. Now, before you go getting…
“When are you going to have kids?” This is a question I was never asked until I was almost 40. I’d like you to think that it’s because…
So apparently the current occupant of the White House has discovered this “new problem” in our country. He wants parents to be aware because there have been some…
Today was a whole new odyssey in parenting a teen. Today, my husband and I decided to pee test our teen for nicotine. I knee-jerk reacted when we…