Parenting Wisdom

National Foster Care Month In Northwest Florida, there are nearly 600 children in foster care and over 407,000 children and youth in foster care within the United States. The month of May is a special time to recognize the critical...

Instagram can help us become better mothers. Yes, you read that right.  As mothers, we question and doubt our caregiving abilities daily. Parenting can feel like a pretty lonely journey at times despite those close to us often having been...

Whether simple or a few choice words, what we say and how we say it can define a life or save a nation. That age-old analogy: “The pen is mightier than the sword” so simply explains the weight and...

I have a saying when it comes to the number of children I have: One kid plus one kid equals two kids. Two kids plus one kid equals three kids. Three kids plus one kid equals a million. I have a million children.  I've...

If you ask a child what they want, I guarantee you most of them will say "to be an adult," "to make my own decisions" (at least my son does these days). We constantly tell children what they have...

This post is already five days past its due date. Three baskets of unfolded laundry sit in the mudroom (Husband will do it.) I cannot button my pre-pregnancy jeans (Although at least I can pull them over my hips...

As a mom of two young boys under the age of six and a middle school teacher, I have needed to use effective communication with my children and students. Recently, I witnessed positive behavior changes related to how I...

Do you ever find yourself in that parent trap? This is the trap we often find ourselves in where our children constantly ask us, "what can I do?" Our world is filled with instant gratification. We can "binge-watch" our...

"Grab a tissue and wipe your face," I said to my youngest daughter while sitting in the morning car line. She was crying. The drama began a few minutes earlier when I styled her hair. She wanted her usual pigtails....

I can barely carry myself. I’ve been on my feet for hours at work, sagging under the stress. My new silhouette makes me off balance; the drop of a pen could send me. I’m eight months pregnant and endure...