He is only five and I didn't lose him at a familiar school with adults he trusted. I left him hiding in a bush at a small, local water park during an intense game of hide and seek.
4 End of Summer Guilty Pleasures
I've seen a lot of writing from moms who are sad to see the end of summer. They want more precious sun-soaked days with their children. More ice cream and …
Summer Camp Magic
By Stacey Conner. My memories from summer camp are all about freedom.
One Mom’s (Totally Unrealistic) Summer Bucket List
By Kathy Glow. Have you done any of my bucket list items? What’s on your list?
Navigating a Grownup World is Confusing: 10 Ways We Mislead Our Children
By Shenna Fitzgerald. If we rational, mature grownups are stumped by parenting choices and styles, just imagine how confused kids are.
Defining Break Time
By Angela Jamison. It's a funny thing—going from longing for those breaks from your babies to wishing you never had a break from them.
What If I Can’t Do It?
By Kathy Glow. I can’t make him do something he doesn’t want to do, and I’ve struggled with that a lot lately.
Crossing Over
By Stacey Conner. My children are so lucky to live in such a kind world.
Screw the Volcano
By Megan Broutian. They say that the mark of good parents is when they succeed in making a better life for their children than the one they themselves had.
This is Not Your Mother’s Childhood
by Stacey Conner. My third child started Kindergarten this year and I watched in amazement. No kid was ever so comfortable with a school, so certain. He’d been picking up his older brother and sister for two years. He’d been to every party, walked every hall.