Embracing family Yes, parenting gets easier — but only if we want it to get easier. Don’t give up or give in to your children’s demands, nagging or begging. Parenting gets easier, but it requires many choices to make that happen. It’s similar to the resolution of wanting to get into better shape or train […]

Embracing family We don’t need to bring our mistakes and failures into the new year. Instead, we can truly celebrate the new year with new beginnings. To support this, we should consider going to confession to leave our failings behind and start anew. Doesn’t that sound awesome? Starting the new year off with a clean […]

Embracing Family How can we help ourselves and our kids transition from grumpy to grateful? We need to change our point of view, literally and figuratively! The English teacher in me realizes that changing from the first-person point of view (I) to the second-person point of view (you) is not simply a manner to speak […]

Embracing Family Don’t wait to have your child join a team! Sign them up at birth! Isn’t society already somewhat obsessed with competitive sports? If your child does not start a sport at 4, they are already behind! What happened to enjoying childhood and learning the benefits of free play? Why would you want to […]

Embracing family Have you ever found yourself collapsing on the sofa at the end of a long day once the children finally were tucked in bed? Maybe, just maybe, you’re exhausted because you are doing too much work for your children. Yes, you read correctly. Perhaps you are helping too much, and your well-intended kindness […]

Embracing family We spend so much time talking about time, how elusive it is, how quickly it passes, and how we don’t have enough time to do what we need or want. These comments have something in common: Time seems to be an external reality out of our control. A motivational speaker, Michael Altshuler, has […]

Embracing family Summertime has arrived: for the kids — fun, run and sun; for the parents — feeling done! If our children are engrossed in electronics to the point where they neglect their daily responsibilities, consider inviting them to daily unplugged time! This challenge, tailored to their age, involves daily time without electronics (social media, […]

Embracing family Imagine going to the grocery store and asking a stranger a parenting question. How much credence would we give their advice? Imagine that while our kids wait for a public bus, they ask the stranger next to them for advice about handling a problem at home or school. How comfortable would we be […]