As I write this, we are celebrating 19 years of pure, wedded bliss (do you hear the sarcasm?) NINETEEN YEARS. Our marriage is a freshman in college. Our marriage probably has a fake ID and makes bad decisions in bars.…
I am pretty sure I didn’t do “gentle parenting” with my kids.
To be clear, Penn and I don’t really have to discipline our children. They are wonderful kids and on their way to be amazing adults. But when they…
Taylor Swift Is Taking Over the NFL and I’m Here For It
“Can we move on from this Taylor Swift thing and get back to football please?”
“If I see one more Taylor Swift cutaway, I am going to break my TV.”
“They’re overdoing it a little bit, for sure.”
If you…
While the teenage years may be our favorite, they are a lot of pressure. There are only so many years I have to make sure my kids have life skills and learn life lessons before we are empty nesters. Even…
I like to think I am a recovering ‘snow plow’ parent. You’ve heard of helicopter parents that hover over their children, right? Well, snow plow parenting may be worse. Instead of just hovering, you remove all the obstacles for your…
When our kids were toddlers mid-tantrum, parents would walk by and warn, “Just wait until they are teenagers! You’ll wish for these problems!”
I was left assuming they’d turn into hormonal mutants who skipped school and snuck out to parties.…
They say pressure makes diamonds, but how much pressure is too much for our kids? I am constantly wavering about being proud of my kids for good grades and feeling overwhelmed with how much work they have to do. The…
Let me start by saying, we live in a college town. We feel lucky to be surrounded by several big universities and even small colleges within just a few miles of our front door. Last week, I needed to make a…
Penn wants to put a magnet on our fridge of Dr. Hope Seidel’s face with her top 3 pieces of advice for struggling parents.
Put your own oxygen mask on first.
Question what success really means.
Struggle produces growth.
I…
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When the kids go back to school, it feels like a fresh start for all of us. I find myself making New Years-type promises to myself. Like the resolutions…
