Death is inevitable and loss can be devastating. Melissa Face offered her own strategies for managing grief with kids and talked to local families, too.
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Shopping for school supplies is a big deal. If you’re not buying supplies for your own kids, here are a few ways to support teachers and other families!
As any teacher will tell you, the first few weeks of school after the summer break can be tough in the classroom. After a few months of summer fun, many…
There’s a powerful message in this book, and I wish I’d heard it right out of the motherhood gate. When my family saw Katherine Wintsch’s book, Slay Like a Mother:…
My girls are four and two, and we have been reading since day one. When they were born, I pledged to read them a different book each day throughout…
Jeff Katz, WRVA radio personality, wrote this touching letter to his disabled daughter, Julia, on her fifteenth birthday. Jeff said parents of disabled children experience these sorts of emotions on…
When I had my first baby, my husband and I had recently moved far away from our families. As you might imagine, I desperately needed some mom friends. Joining a…
Every December, I insist my children share some of their old toys to make room for new ones. While the task works well when the holidays are approaching, the philosophy…
In Glow Kids by Dr. Nicholas Kardaras, he builds the persuasive case that screen addiction is hijacking our kids and that parents need to break the trance. Citing a plethora…
It isn’t like we didn’t get plenty of notice that our firstborn was heading off to college. Progress through school follows such a predictable pattern that it’s easy enough, even…
Trying to raise a joyful child in a stressful world? This month, I decided to review The Happy Kid Handbook by Katie Hurley because I liked the idea that focusing…
If today’s helicopter parents make your head spin, you’re not alone. I decided to read It’s OK to Go Up the Slide by Heather Shumaker, a journalist and author of…