In our latest episode of Whose Kid Is That?!?, Val and Julie are joined by Lauren Hays and Megan Dalton, co-founders of The Matrescence.
The Matrescence was born out of Lauren and Megan's desire to provide more support for moms after...
Honestly, I didn’t really think through the process of my teen son learning to drive and getting his license. Specifically, I completely ignored the fact that someone would have to give him driving lessons, and the reality that someone...
In our latest episode of our Whose Kid is That?!? podcast, Julie and Val are joined by Aliza Shapiro, LCSW, a licensed psychotherapist and founder of Therapy in the City. They chat about what revenge bedtime procrastination is, why we do...
The relationship between a mother and daughter is unlike any other. There is arguably no one else in the world who knows you so wholly and so intimately, sometimes better than you know yourself. Your mother saw you through...
While at my daughter’s gymnastics class, someone made a reference to Nick At Night and my old Gen X heart soared. Is there someone here who remembers Nick At Night besides me? Let’s be besties! We can put our...
This is a really cool time to be a mom and an avid reader. Millennials, my generation, born between 1980-1995, are starting to have kids of their own. And we are not accepting the tired tropes of Mommy Culture....
I have a lot of friends and I'm not saying that to brag.
I'm saying it because I'm proud of myself. I have spent most of my life as a shy, introverted bystander. A wallflower, happy to blend into...
We are a few weeks into school, which means I am a few weeks into being a stay-at-home mom of school-aged children. Y'all, I have no kids at home during the day!
Our youngest just started kindergarten, so between...
“I would be a calm mom if I had fewer kids,” I say when I feel overwhelmed by my five children– ages eight and under.
Before having babies, I was pretty easygoing, but as my brood of children grew, so...
My twenty-four-year-old self would be aghast at who I’ve become.
Out hiking with a friend, our toddlers strapped to our backs in packs built to make that weight seem as light as a feather. I’m wearing what are called “camp...
I am a motherless mom.
My mother was sick the entirety of the 8 years she was in my life. This led to frequent and often lengthy hospital stays until she passed away the summer before I started 3rd grade.
A...
Hey there, moms of high school seniors: the baker of cupcakes, the host of the team dinners, the organizer of Senior Night, the coordinator of the fundraiser and the keeper of photos because this is The Last Season. I...
My son was born on September 11, 2003: the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, on the Pentagon, and on the airplane that nosedived into a field in rural Pennsylvania.
The events of September 11,...
I am the mom of an incredible, funny, and charming four-year-old who is autistic and legally blind. I also work for Inclusive Arts Vermont, a non-profit focused on making our state more accessible for people with disabilities. A significant...
In + Around Vermont
Vermont’s Nonprofits: An Awesome Source for Family Fun
As warm weather and summer break take hold, many of us are eager to venture out with our family and explore the beautiful scenery...
