As parents, we all want our children to have a great life. Even if our own life was fraught with difficulties, it can all seem acceptable if the efforts go towards giving our children a better shot. It can be easy to understand this on the surface, but without gatekeeping, you only truly recognize the [...]
Parenting is hard. But even harder than that is trying to keep your kids engaged and interested when you don't have a huge amount of money to spend. Let's face it, most of the things that we can do with our kids, from taking them to the pool, to trips, to the movies are going [...]
It's official - we are on summer break. We are a little behind on our summer bucket list but we will get there. For now we are just ready to enjoy some much needed time outside and stop the routines - even if it is just for a little while. But I also know that [...]
We are all busy. We all have a sh*t load of things to do. We are tired. We are overwhelmed. We put too much pressure on ourselves and our families. But that can't always be an excuse. Even though I am a wreck some of the time, I am afraid most of the time, and [...]
How to help kids be more responsible? I always say: I am one confused mama. I constantly struggle between letting kids be "kids" and using life lessons to teach responsibility. I find that just like many things in life, these two don't have to be mutually exclusive. We can do both but all in due [...]
