Wait, what just happened? For a very long time, that’s what I asked the first week of January, when the holiday season was finally, thankfully over – or at least…
Author: Karen Schwartzkopf
Karen Schwartzkopf
Karen Schwartzkopf is the managing editor of RFM. She is passionate about word-smithing, sharing local stories, parenting compassionate kids, and cheering on the Miami Heat. She lives with her husband in the trendy West End where they raised three adult kids and one childish dog.
For about a year after we moved into the house we live in now, I had a peculiar habit that to this day, no one in my family knows about.…
Trust me, I do not spend my days on Facebook, Pinterest, or Instagram, but if there’s a #parenting tweet that sums me up, it’s this: I am not an expert.…
When all you want for your child is a new friend.
For lots of families, the youngest is in a constant scramble to get any scrap of attention she can. And so it was at the dinner table a handful of…
There’s a name for what a lot of us are doing. It’s hyper-parenting. Don’t give me that look, I didn’t come up with it. Hyper-parenting is a term coined…
They had a plan. My oldest daughter Sam, who was just shy of twelve at the time, and a neighborhood buddy wanted to go on an adventure, a mile-long walk…
Born to bear! is what my dad used to say about me, the youngest of his five daughters. And although it embarrassed me a little (I liked to think I…
Why you should have a mammogram this month and encourage all the women in your life to do the same!
We were a ping-pong family. My mother had her own paddle that she stored in a velour drawstring pouch. My dad had a top-spin on his serve that made it…
Last fall, my husband and I marked twenty years of wedded-ness and to celebrate we ate gator nuggets in Everglades City. No small feat, twenty years together, so we planned…
I am not one for making resolutions. For me, the whole thing feels like a cloud hovering over my head until it finally dissipates, just in time for Lent, when…
