I wasn't ready for the news that my son is cutting himself. On purpose.
I was shocked when his middle school counselor called me one...
One morning, earlier this summer, I was helping my almost two-year-old daughter, Tenley, get dressed and she kept pointing at me and saying “Hippo...
Most people are familiar with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.
People picture kids who have ADHD as unable to focus on anything and constantly...
I recently acted as the musical director for a middle school theater production.
While I have a lot of theater experience, there were still plenty...
When Meghan Markle bravely declared on international news that she was, “Not okay,” after the birth of her first child, I found myself nodding...
Today, we have fifteen minutes to kill before nap time. We spend it in the living room, my son on the couch, and me...
I will never forget the words the doctor spoke while I was in labor and delivery with my daughter, before I’d even seen her...
5 things not to say to parents of autistic children. Author compares these don'ts to things not to say to queer and trans people.
When I receive the phone call from the snowboard instructor, I know the routine fielding this type of call.
My son was having behavioral...
In our latest episode of Whose Kid is That?!? Julie and Val were joined by Kailee Noland, a Pediatric Physical Therapist who is also known...
In the long line of behavior-building choices we make as parents, I have found naptime to be a surprising topic of debate and opinion.
I...
When my boys were young, every time I read this sweet book to them I felt a bit of an excited thrill as I...
I am one thousand percent team #FreeBritney. I have to admit, however, that something about the movement doesn’t sit right with me.
If you’re not...
My daughter went to sleepaway camp for the first time this summer.
I had been to sleepaway camp myself as a kid, but the nineties...
In + Around Vermont
The UVM Men’s Soccer National Championship Matters to Vermont Families
Late into the evening on Monday, December 16, I lay in bed while my three kids were asleep, watching the Men’s National Collegiate Soccer...
