Everyone has heard of concussions.
Concussions have gotten a lot of attention lately in professional sports, especially the NFL. They can be quite dangerous if players and coaches ignore the symptoms. However, concussions don't just happen to athletes. My 12-year-old...
From my experience doing STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) outreach and teaching kids tinkering, I have found that tinkering is a great way to teach kids how to deal with failure and frustration. Tinkering in a failure-positive environment...
La temporada de enfermedad ya llegó y si ha intentado hacer cita con su médico ya sabrá que no es fácil, las agendas de los doctores están super llenas. Todavía hay COVID-19 y está empezando a circular la influenza...
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....
2022 has been a whirlwind, right? Vermont Mom has had so much going on this year!
In January, I became the sole owner of Vermont Mom. One of the first things I did was to add to my incredibly talented...
This evening, my front bumper went up on a curb as I exited a gas station. My night vision is horrible, and I’m still getting used to the darkness after turning the clocks back for daylight savings. The scrape...
On Sunday, I learned something new. I learned who Jessie James Decker is, and here I am, just a few days later, coming to her defense. I don’t think she edited that photo of her kids on the beach...
It has been my pleasure to learn about flag football and meet young flag football dynamo, Scarlett, age 8, and her team, the Champlain Valley School District Buccaneers.
After watching her play, I spent some time with Scarlett and her...
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...
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The United States isn't known for having efficient, well-run, and timely healthcare. In fact, anyone who has needed healthcare knows quite the opposite can be true. Vermont, in particular, has extremely limited options for specialized in-state care.
I spend...
There is a silent battle waging for every parent who has multiple children. This battle relentlessly tries to tell us that we’re not giving our kids equal attention and love. It may be a silent battle, but it is...
I’m an artsy fartsy maker type, and I’d like to propose tinkering as a form of meditation.
I don’t do yoga.
That’s actually a lie. I took ballet and swimming as a kid. I’m super flexible and am fully capable of...
In + Around Vermont
Ultimate Summer Fun for Kids in Milton, Vermont
When we moved to Milton, everyone seemed to have an opinion about the town. Many implied that the town was not pretty, safe, or...
