Carol Kerber
Meal Planning Ideas During a Quarantine and Beyond
Meal planning can save you time, effort, and money. St. Louis Moms Blog contributors are sharing their favorite, easy, family meals with you to...
Toddlers and Teens Are the Same, Except When They’re Totally Different
Toddlers and teens; I used to have one, and now I have the other which prompted me to have an illuminating conversation with myself. ...
STLMB Perspectives: Why We Opted Out of Preschool
Preschool is a decision that can confound us as parents. Do you send your child to preschool or keep them home? Which preschool is...
Resolve Your Goals and Dreams
I take a hard pass on New Year's resolutions. Creating a wishlist of substantial changes to act upon when the calendar flips to January...
How Marriage Milestones are Built
I stumbled past a marriage milestone without even realizing it.
I’ve been married longer than I was single. My husband proposed in college, toward the...
Celebrate All Season and Beyond with Burgers’ Smokehouse
This post is sponsored by Burgers' Smokehouse.
With the blustery winter weather that’s blowing through comes a stark reminder that the holidays are right around...
Deconstructing the Open Letter
As a perpetuating social trend, open letters flood the internet. There are open letters to pregnant moms. There are letters to new moms. There...
Be Aware with School Violence
A few weeks ago, I woke to an email from our high school principal that was sparse on details, but highlighted a potential threat...
It’s Not You, It’s Me . . . and My Anxiety
Social anxiety.
It can manifest itself in various ways. For me, it’s a fear of putting myself out there, blended with an inability to function...
Smart Parenting with Smartphones
I have teenagers, and I monitor their phones.
Arguments against it are plentiful and passionate: monitoring kids' phones today is akin to our parents reading...













