Pacing Through Ten Months of Variety
The sales flyers and emails are arriving, clothing and office supply stores display promotional prices on school year basics, bookstores have teachers’ …
Topic: Family Life
Holiday Hype
It’s December and the holidays are on the horizon. An abundance of activity including decorating, family gatherings, never ending to-do lists, parties and …
Write Your Own Father’s Day Card
What would it say? The Father’s Day card you’d most like to receive? Perhaps you have experienced the selection process. Pick up a card in the store, read …
Mother’s Day Thoughts from a British Mummy
What would you most want to write about if someone asked you to write something about Mother’s Day? Would it be about your gratitude or your disappointments …
Is Parenting Overwhelming You?
Two Activities for Being Happy Now Try this exercise, parents. The next time take a shower, keep track of your thoughts for its duration. You will be amazed at …
Our Human Family
As families, friends and colleagues gather to celebrate the holiday season and each other, I can’t help but think that each grouping, no matter where they …
The Anxieties of Going Off to College – For Both Parent and Student
Is your first child going off to college this Fall? It certainly brings up a host of differing emotions. How quickly she grew up -it seems just like yesterday …
Back to School: Every Obligation is an Opportunity
School programs are often concerned with meeting defined standards and focus on how the administration, teachers and students are evaluated. Many children are …
Back to School Lunch, Think Outside the Box
It’s hard to believe that the summer is waning and in a few weeks, school bells will be ringing to return to classes once more. There is a lot to do for …
Violence, Setting the Example for Our Children
We have certainly seen a lot of politics lately, having just completed both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. It’s no secret that the …