One of the things that I least look forward to during the holidays is heading home to Alabama with the kids. The thing that I dread the most is that, since the weather is unpredictable at this time of year, the kids...

I had the pleasure of meeting a most remarkable young woman a couple of years ago, I’ll call her Layla, and we are connected on Facebook.  I enjoy reading her posts about her family and can often relate to her strug...

When I was growing up, all I wanted to do was sit in a comfortable corner and read a book. I was the kid with asthma and food allergies before it was a thing. I carried an inhaler and epi-pen before people cared abo...

One of my homeschooling goals is to have my kids speaking Spanish before they graduate. We were working with a Spanish speaking friend who was doing a wonderful job with the kids.  We met with her twice per week for...

We love our kids and we will do anything for them. We want to protect them. We want to help them.  But sometimes, in our effort to do these things, we take away their ability to experience life.  We take away their...

Because beyond childhood, a person will have to deal with a multitude of bullies – on the job, at college, in social settings and otherwise. And as an adult, you have to know how to deal with mean people. Not every...

I first learned about 13 Reasons Why when a warning from a local school superintendent began circulating on one of my mom Facebook groups. Until then I had never heard of it. Intrigued, I Googled the show and saw al...

Regardless of what your child decides to do in life, they will need to have social skills. Whether they have a job or develop their own business, good social skills are absolutely paramount to success. Unless you’re...

I am in the process of changing my comments platform and will have to delete all my old comments.  But I wanted to make sure that I responded to a few comments from the old platform since I think others will have so...

As parents, we obviously want the best for our children. And part of that includes having our children do well in school. But we have to make sure we are not shortsighted when we are making decisions about what’s im...