As a mom, and as a child who grew up eating a reduced price hot lunch, I am so proud of the food subsidy...
If someone asked me the most important lesson I learned in my first year of homeschooling, I could answer without even thinking: If something...
{Disclaimer: We are working with The Bellwether School to bring you this post.}   Years before we had our daughter, my husband and I had many conversations...
{We have partnered together with Vermont Day School to bring you this sponsored post all about this new school and their programs!} If you've taken...
Lately, everyone is throwing around a bunch of terms about inclusion, cultural appropriation, equity, and equality… I’ve noticed sometimes these words get used in...
My daughter started middle school in 2021, just after the global Covid-19 pandemic, as kids returned to full-time in-person schooling. She is smart, resilient,...
For as many times as I have heard comments about gender stereotypes for girls, I have heard as many comments towards boys. "Your hair looks like a...

A Hair Story

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There are many adjectives that can be used to describe my daughter’s hair: curly, twisty, kinky, coily, afro, poofy, big, natural, 4C and nappy...
This is the third and final part of a 3 part series about Foster Care. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and it's...
Local Mom, Katie, is expecting her second child any day.  We spent Sunday preparing for baby #2 by designing and organizing a shared bedroom...
When my husband went back to work after the birth of our second child, I began to wonder whose idea this whole ‘second child...
As parents, we are always concerned about our children meeting their milestones. We spend a lot of time worrying if their skills are up...
There is a never-ending list of topics we should talk to our children about. One topic that doesn’t usually come to mind immediately is...
My son Aden got the bug for snowboarding last year when his grandmother bought him one of those cheap plastic snowboards from Target.  We...

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The UVM Men’s Soccer National Championship Matters to Vermont Families

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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...