Prepare yourself. $20,298. That’s Virginia’s average in-state cost for one year of college (tuition and room and board). If the average annual cost increase remains the same as the current 6.8…
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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.…
In order to move on we must, for a moment, move back, to the year 2000, to the month of June. The evening is a slow walk, the sky a…
Yes, that’s me: the mom with bags slung haphazardly over each shoulder, rushing into preschool with her daughter, trying to balance a coffee cup in one hand while holding her…
Ask parents when to transition a toddler from a crib to a bed, and you’ll hear the same thing again and again: “Keep him in the crib as long as you…
Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud. – Maya Angelou During prep for my surgery, one of the nurses asked the routine question, “Do you understand the risks and…
By now, Pixar’s latest animated film, Inside Out, has probably replaced your child’s obsession with Queen Elsa. Okay, that’s a stretch, but adults just loved it, right? Full of creative,…
Q: My kids, ages eight and ten, get a weekly allowance. My husband believes this money is theirs to do with what they want. I feel like parents should have…
Wait, Mom did what with her money?” Questions like this are uttered amongst siblings many times over, and will continue to be asked with the aging demographics of our society.…
Starting and sustaining a business can be challenging for anyone, but what does that look like when its owners are a couple? According to a survey of business owners by…
When all you want for your child is a new friend.
In this noisy world, introverted children are often misunderstood. Therefore, Quiet Kids by Christine Fonseca offers parents not only an understanding of introverted kids but also how best to…