The August parenting magazines are out. You’ll find lots of tips and inspiration for starting the school year off well. Here are some of the articles I contributed to this month’s issues: Become School Supply Savvy, Orlando Family By now you’ve probably gotten your kids’ backpacks pretty well stocked. But in case you’re still on…
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Growing a Bucket List
As summer draws to a close (only a week and a half until school starts here), I’m fascinated to see what has happened with the bucket lists in our family. We were fortunate to check off a number of goals, and even some long-standing ones. Yet the lists of what we still want to do…
Help for Spring Break, Spring Cleaning & More: March/April Articles
The kids are bickering, the house is a mess, and you’re just wishing you could get away from it all. Does that sound like your family’s spring break? No? Maybe yours goes more like this: the kids are bickering, your car/hotel room/suitcase is a mess, and you’re just wishing you could get away from it…
Why You Need to Rethink Social Media This Spring Break
We’re a connected society. Ellen DeGeneres’s record-breaking 2014 Oscars Twitter selfie is just one proof. We text, tweet, pin and post our way through our days. We browse, troll and read too. It keeps us in touch and informed. We can be supportive and get support. But there comes a time when social media usage can…
Encouraging Your Spouse’s Dreams, Taming Sibling Rivalry, & More: February Articles
I love my job! As a parenting journalist I have the opportunity to interview fascinating people about topics I want to learn more on (and often ask them for solutions to problems I face). And I get to share tips and ideas from my own life, along with an opinion or two. Every month parents…
Balanced List, Balanced Life
Do you feel like you spend your weekdays waiting for the weekend only to spend the weekend exhausting yourself with a packed calendar? Are you enjoying time as a family but often have a nagging feeling that you’re missing something or missing out on something? It may be because you have an imbalanced list of…
Brighten Your Spirit, Dazzle Your Calendar, Feed the Fam & Other January Articles
Well, we’ve survived the Polar Vortex and are halfway through January already. But where I live there are still two long months, an then some, until we start seeing signs of spring. We need a bit of hope to hang onto, right? Here are a few articles to bring warmth and light to your month….
It’s Time
One question for you as we approach the new year: what is it time for? Instead of setting yourself a list of self-improvement goals that are bound to produce more guilt than change (if the statistics are right), take an optimistic approach. Think about the different goals or outings or classes you’ve had in mind…
Bucket List Gifts to Give Those You Love
Drop a gold coin in a Salvation Army bucket. Tie a bow around a brand new car to give someone you love. Leave a $100 tip for a restaurant server. Wrap an envelope of airline tickets. Those make great bucket list ideas, don’t they? I’d love the opportunity to do each one of those someday….
Fixes for Your Holiday Worries (& More) – A December Roundup
Kid-sized conversation starters for dinners or holiday parties. Solutions for some of the peskiest of problems you may face this time of year. And a few thoughts on skiing and holiday greeting photos. Those are the topics I tackle in articles published in December issues of parenting magazines across North America. Read on to get…