The summer before my 8th grade, we moved to a new state. My dad’s job relocated our family from a non-descript Midwestern community to an affluent East Texas town, steep… Read More

It's one thing to work on helping your kids fight an attitude of entitlement like we talked about  in an earlier post, but let's face it, to some extent, they… Read More

I've been watching my daughter do all kinds of crazy things to get my little granddaughter to eat her vegetables. We are currently blending them into a green yogurt smoothie.… Read More

Monday’s article reminded me of my first plane trip with my oldest daughter. She was nine months old and I was a blissfully naive new mommy. We were flying from… Read More

We all want to see our kids become the kind of people we imagine they can become. To some degree we want to see that in their careers, but at… Read More

Isn't it strange that it's easier for most of us to honor someone we don't know than it is to honor someone we see all the time? It's easier to… Read More

Almost every parent I know worries about technology and their kids. When should my child get a phone? Facebook? Be allowed to game? Get their own tablet or computer? How… Read More

I remember getting my first smartphone about seven years ago. It wasn't much compared to what's in the marketplace today, but I was mesmerized. I thought it was so amazing… Read More

What parent doesn't? I've not yet met a parent who's said, "I hope to instill such a low sense of self-esteem in my kids that they struggle with self worth… Read More

Confession: Sometimes I watch the show Hoarders. It totally freaks me out and yet I watch. I don’t know if it inspires me to clean my house or I just… Read More