Many of you are in the thick of parenting. You are working, your kids are learning remotely, and you are juggling more than you...
When my boys were small, a mom I didn’t know told me something I will never forget.
I was in a knitting shop when she...
There are many things you can’t foresee when creating a birth plan, but there are two words I never thought I would have to...
First, let’s get the obvious out of the way: it feels weird to be writing about seemingly normal things amidst a global pandemic and...
With the current shutdown of schools, including preschools, in Vermont for the remainder of the year, I’ve seen many parents say, “I know what to do...
A friend told me about a poem she recalls from her birth class. The gist of this poem is that your child takes his...
Did you just get an overwhelming sense of anxiety? Fear? Frustration? Excitement? Did you hear the magical sound of money, not being spent? Or,...
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...
I have Googled variations of “kid-friendly activities near me” countless times and always end up short-handed. The results are invariably the same: too expensive...
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.
A long, long, long time ago (okay, maybe ten months ago,) both of my kids were in a fantastic daycare that had them on...
Phew, this summer was fast, furious, and fun! It came up quickly and was over in a flash, and it’s taken me the entire...
I don’t know why I thought adjusting to the teen years would be an easy task. I assumed that my girls would just be...
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...
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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...
