Tips for Healing Your Child’s Anxiety

Written by Nancy Bradshaw

At this time of year many of us parents are asking questions like:  “My child is so anxious about some aspect of going to school, what can I do?”  or others are asking “I am nervous my child is having trouble making friends and is a bit isolated, what can I do?” What warms my [...]

Simple Steps to Get Our Children From Good Manners to Genuine Thanks

Written by Guest Contributor

Cultivating an Attitude of Gratitude: Simple steps to get our children from good manners to genuine thanks. “Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality.” —ALFRED PAINTER My daughter celebrated her birthday last month and as she opened her presents from family and friends, I found myself repeating the familiar, “What [...]

Seeing Your Children As If It’s For the First Time

Written by Julia King

Seeing our children every day as if for the first time is an amazing gift, but not an easy one. Our parenting expert Jenny Runkel, wrote an insightful article “Corrective vision”  which asks us as parents to give our children the gift of presence and to see our children each day with a fresh pair [...]

Corrective Vision

Written by Guest Contributor

Just today I visited with a former student of mine who is expecting her first child. She has her nursery ready, her hospital bag packed, and her birthing plan printed out. How cute is that? She, like the rest of us that first time around, has absolutely no clue what she is in for. Nothing. [...]

Reconnecting with Yourself and Your Partner Post-Baby

Written by Kim Anami

It takes a village to raise a child. Two people is not enough, and one is insane. In modern western culture, where extended families typically live miles and days apart from each other, we’re isolated as family units. In the overwhelming first few years after the birth of a child, we’re faced with massive demands [...]

Who’s the Sports Authority for our children?

Written by Guest Contributor

In the span of just two generations, kids’ sports have gone from non-existent to all-encompassing. Allow me to use my own family as a case study. My father grew up in the 50’s. He played sandlot baseball and backyard football with his brothers. He didn’t play on an organized team until he was in high [...]

Dear Mom: 12 Things I Need Most

Written by Guest Contributor

“Precious and fragile things need special handling.”  – depeche mode Dear Mom, I know I often talk back, roll my eyes and tune you out, but here’s the thing: I really, really do need you. Sometimes I think you forget that I’m just a kid and that I still have many special needs. So if [...]

Welcome Parent & Teen Divas: Join Me on This Journey From Lost to Found!

Written by Amber Ludwig

…oh, and what a Journey it will be. I invite you “in”. There are many experts, speakers, authors and individuals who share their story, yet leave out or cover up the details that are shameful or embarrassing. I am no such expert/speaker/author/individual. When I was 22 years old I had a crazy idea to write [...]

The Art of Loving

Written by Guest Contributor

“The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.” – oscar wilde I’ve often heard the saying that “if you just love your children, that is enough.” That phrase never sat well with me. It seemed to be somewhat simplistic in this day and age. [...]

The Fine Art of Nothing-Doing

Written by Guest Contributor

Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. — guilaume apollinaire With summer fast approaching, my 6-year-old daughter and I recently decided to have a girls’ day of shopping and lunch together. We had a busy, fun-filled day picking out clothes and other necessities for the warmer [...]

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