Dear New Mom, If you are anything like me, you walked out of the hospital with your newborn child and wondered why trained medical professionals were letting you leave with a tiny human being whose very survival depended on you. I’m guessing you’ve already been given a ton of advice on how to feed your baby, how long is too long to let junior cry, and the wisdom of using … [Read more...]
What They Never Tell You About Enjoying Every Moment of Your Children’s Childhood
“Kathy, your son just drove away with my car,” said my husband, laughing, as he came in the front door after mowing the lawn. We looked at each other in disbelief that the same child who spurred us to purchase the black Camry is now driving it. Even if it’s just to my parents house six blocks away. Neither one of us would be comfortable with him driving it much … [Read more...]
Some Rules are Made to be Broken or How Ice Cream Became My Kids Favorite Weekend Breakfast
I’m a very prolific player in the markets. Not the financial kind. I’m talking about the one all moms are familiar with, the guilt market. I don’t want to brag, but in my 18 years of motherhood, 12 as the mom of three, I’ve developed a prowess for picking value and finding fault in my parenting that rivals anything Warren Buffett can do. Name a sector -- food, discipline, … [Read more...]
The Parenting Lesson My Youngest Child Taught Me
Our youngest child has always had a talent for building things out of just about anything he can get his hands on. Blocks, train tracks, vegetables, sticks, cups, or paper clips, are mediums he has used to create towns, castles, schools, and shopping malls. It’s not uncommon to see a trail of paper shreds leading to Peter sitting at the dining room table deep in thought as he … [Read more...]
Learning To Say Goodbye
Our son, who will be starting his freshman year in college this fall, met with the school’s counselors last week to set up his class schedule. Why I thought my husband and I would be involved in this process is beyond me. Tom has been handling his own scheduling issues and any other problems that might come his way since high school. He’s quite skillful at it. I knew he … [Read more...]
