“Mom and Dad, I think I need to move back home.” Parents everywhere are hearing that confession more and more often from their college grads. Grown children returning to the nest after college is a phenomenon fueled by the combination of accumulated student debt, poor job prospects, and low-pay for the jobs that are available. [...]

So, the younger boys have needed some orthodontic treatment for quite a while. We bit the bullet a couple of months ago and had them evaluated. Each needed an appliance installed to straighten out their bite and avoid surgery in the future. This has not been an easy process. Both boys were less than pleased [...]

One of the 9 year olds made a comment the other day that something or other was black, and his twin immediately accused him of being racist. What????!? I called them over to chat, and eventually determined they’d learned from older brothers that talking about colors like brown or black was racist. (Made note to [...]

Being a new mom is an exhilarating experience. No one can rival the extent of love a mother feels for her new born baby. Once the heady initial days are over, a new mother faces new challenges which she often finds hard to cope with. If you are a young mom, you may know the [...]

Soooo yea. Teenagers. I’m still wrapping my mind around the whole concept of parenting two of them. Thankfully, while they do drive me a little batty, for the most part they’re not terribly awful as of now. I’m learning that I need to think back to my own experiences and development to figure out how [...]

Whether or not I’m a good Mom is very important, both to me and ultimately to my kids. Heck, it’s important to my future grandkids as well. If you go to a bookstore and look in the family section, you can find a LOT of books on parenting. Just type the word parenting into a [...]