Parenting Perspectives

We often talk about inclusion in terms of classroom placement and integration, but what about everyday life? To me, inclusion outside of the classroom walls is just as important. While camping a few weekends ago, this topic came to my...

How do kids process death and grieving?   Certain conversations that we have with our children throughout the course of their lives will not be easy. We all know about the birds and the bees conversation and working them through bullying...

Pandemic mama, you are not alone.    My sweet baby boy made his appearance in January of 2020, just a couple of months before the world came to a sudden halt.   My husband and I were finalizing the details of our return...

The debate to have a third child is a big one! It's a lifestyle change. It's a switch from man-to-man coverage to zone coverage.   Before I had my first child, I swore I didn't want kids. The idea terrified me,...

  I knew I wanted to paint our house the moment I saw it on Zillow. After we bought it, every time I drove up to it, I couldn’t get over the dated maroon and orange 90’s brick. Once we...

Let’s explore postpartum sex and what it means to a new mom.   Picture this … You are six weeks postpartum from a vaginal delivery. You had a second-degree tear, and your stitches haven’t fully dissolved. You are using a peri-bottle when...

This is part two of a two-part series in honor of National Stepfamily Day.    I hope you were able to catch the first part of this post yesterday for Stepfamily Day.   I just had way too much to say to fit...

This is part one of a two part series in honor of National Stepfamily Day. Catch part two tomorrow!     National Stepfamily Day is celebrated annually on September 16 and was founded by stepparent Christy Tusing-Borgeld in 1997.    Have you heard of it before?   Have...

This back-to-school post originally ran in August, 2018.   Oh, August. Summer is almost over, days are getting shorter, and school is on the horizon, if not already in session. This is bittersweet. I am losing our afternoon pool time and...

Potty training reminds us as parents how little control we actually have.   Waiting is hard for everyone. Teaching our kids to wait is pretty much impossible as we have a hard time waiting as adults. We all know the phases of...