A few weeks ago, I took Lola on a college visit. We sat in an auditorium and listened to a panel of current college students answer questions. One question was what advice they would give to high school seniors. All…
If you’ve stumbled upon this quiz, you probably have a kid (or two) who plays a sport. Whether you just enrolled your kiddo in pee wee soccer or have spent every weekend for the last several years at tennis tournaments…
Any parent with school-aged children can tell you how crazy the month of May is. Just like the month of December, the calendar is packed with activities, gatherings, and ceremonies. Except no presents, cookies, or twinkling lights.
So we call…
I remember, very vividly, a moment when my daughter was just four months old. She was colicky and refused to sleep through the night. I called my mother in tears, I said, “If she can sleep through the night, I…
We can’t escape it. Our kids, Lola and Penn Charles, are getting older. It feels like Penn and I are in the middle of our most important parenting years. There is so much they should learn before leaving the nest,…
If you’re a parent who is reading this and you feel like you’re failing, please allow yourself to take a deep breath.
I’ll wait…
Now, I want you to give yourself some grace. Give yourself some patience and understanding. There…
So, funny story.
First, let’s get the TMI stuff out of the way. I’m deep into my 40s, but my monthly cycle has been very regular. (There’s a reason I’m telling you this, sit tight.) We took a trip to…
Navigating the Emotional Life of Teens with Dr. Lisa Damour
We’ve talked about this before (even as recently as a few months ago) about when our kids were babies, almost every seasoned parent said to us “just wait until they are teenagers.” The thing is, we love our kids. We…
In recent years, I have often shied away from parenting podcasts and books because the older our kids get, the more I feel like they’re “cooked.” That is, until I started parenting coaching with our friend Dr. Hope Seidel. (This…
In the months leading up to the birth of Lola, Penn was really nervous about becoming a Dad. We didn’t have practice with other kids. We never even had a dog. So we decided to get a fish, as if…