I was five years old, standing on a plastic kitchen chair with little flowers printed on it — the kind from the 60s — carefully striking a match and turning the gas knob on the stove at the same time. I was making myself sunny-side-up eggs. There was no babysitter. There was no one home. […]
Can I be honest with you about something? There have been days I was physically in the same room as my kids — sitting right there on the couch — and I was completely somewhere else. Reading. Thinking about my to-do list. Half-listening to a story they were so excited to tell me. Maybe you’ve […]
Recently I watched my three year old grandson struggle to get his shorts off so he could jump into the swimming pool. My daughter had the wisdom to refrain from immediately stepping in to rescue him and encouraged him to work on getting them off by himself. This win for my daughter’s parenting skills brought […]
Schools are closed. So are restaurants and bars. Employers are asking their employees to work from home. Church services are online. University classrooms are all online. Our nation’s leaders are asking that we stay away from crowded areas. What’s being recommended is that we all stay home because of the fast moving coronavirus. Can I […]
We live in a crazily, busy world, where basketball practice, playdates and music lessons come before some of the more crucial life lessons: Manners. So maybe we need to remind ourselves that our children will someday become the future politicians, entrepreneurs, parents and leaders in society. Their success in life is directly related to what […]
