The little girl on my front porch steps stood about a hair bow taller than the wrought iron rail. She circled both hands around her mouth, forming the smallest of…
Author: Karen Schwartzkopf
She had been wiggling that tooth for at least a week. First with her tongue. Then with her finger, despite our repeated reminders to keep her hands away from her…
It happened on the way to Water Country. My hands were clammy on the steering wheel. I could feel my heart thumping in my ears. A set of deep-breathing exercises…
Every parent of all girls or all boys has all kinds of ideas about why their particular arrangement is preferable to the other.That’s just what we do.As the mother of…
Like many of us, my friend has a chosen Santa – the one she prefers to take her kids to see each Christmas. Ours was at Willow Lawn, the shopping hub in the city.
When I was a kid, Halloween was one day – and most parents and kids were good with that.
What is it about fall that makes us long for traditions? Why are we so determined to establish holiday traditions with our families?
We can’t help but show off these real Richmond kids! You’ve seen them every month. See the Cover Kids Video And each issue of RFM flies off the racks –…
What is the point exactly? That’s what I want to know.It’s the question I ask, silently, every time I hear a mother chronicling every last detail of her agonizing labor…
Why your kids need to see you fail and deal with it in a reasonable way. How messing up and moving on is a good thing – in parenting and in life.
We were done. As in, we had decided on two kids, and I knew we were done. Yet, there I was, pregnant as all get-out, swollen with impending motherhood –…
If you’re lucky enough to have special fathers in your family’s life, make sure your kids know how awesome they were when your kids were little.