Tag: parenting advice
Teaching Kids How to Deal with Failure and Frustration
From my experience doing STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) outreach and teaching kids tinkering, I have found that tinkering is a great way...
Pregnancy Pet Peeves: We’ve All Got ‘Em, Now Let’s Share ‘Em!
Let’s face it, we all have unavoidable annoyances that cross our paths from time to time and make us cringe, sweat a little and...
Ten Parenting Truths They Don’t Tell You at the Baby Shower
The first of many parenting truths that I can tell you is that I am no parenting expert.
Exhausted after not sleeping for the...
How to Teach Your Kids to Write Thank You Notes, Part...
In my last post, I tried to persuade you that you should teach your kids to write thank you notes. Here, I want to...
Allowance: Helping Kids Earn, Spend, Save and Give Money!
My daughter is 6 and in the last few months, my husband and I have found it challenging to get her to do tasks...
It’s Okay: A Letter to my First Timer Friends
Dear Friends Who are Pregnant with Their First Child (or Who Just Had Their First),
It's Okay.
You and I might not have had a chance...
A Simple Guide to Proper Parenting
As every parent has said at one point or another, there should be a handbook on how to properly raise children. And maybe a licensing exam. But...
Listen Up! Five Popular Parenting Podcasts
I love listening to podcasts.
They combine companionable conversation with the convenience of on-demand digital programming. I depend on podcasts to get me through any and...
Letter to my pregnant sister on the birth of her first...
So here you are on the verge of a new and exciting journey in your life and even if you think you might be...
When opinions run a muck
People have opinions. It's human nature. They start at an early age when your parent looks you up and down and says, "that is...