Picking your battles: A conscious parenting dilemma

Check out the video below for an example of a conscious parenting dilemma. What I forgot to mention in the video, but is an important factor, is the fact that I don’t feel super strongly about the guideline of being 14 when you get your ears pierced.  If I felt strongly one way, this would […]

Do you know your love language?

You may have heard of the term “love language,” but do you really know what yours is?  Your spouse’s?  Your child’s? Part of being a conscious parent, is understanding these important differences in our loved ones, AND ourselves.  The more we can learn about ourselves, the more we can share that with the people who […]

Follow up to post about posting my child’s photo on Facebook

Since I have posted this entry, I have had a flood of traffic to my post coming from people searching for “how to stop someone from posting photos of my child online.”  I have had more new visitors stumbling upon my web site from random search engine searches from this post than any other post […]

Do smart phones and children belong together?

Ipods, smart phones, Facebook, digital video, the Internet. Mind you, when I was a child, we didn’t even have cordless phones until high school. Up until about 20 years ago, nobody would ever call someone and immediately ask, “Where are you?” Um…I’m standing in my kitchen talking on the phone that’s attached to the wall…. […]

If my daughter had a different mom, she would probably be on drugs

No, not the illegal kind. The FDA approved kind. Why do I make such a bold statement? Let me share a story….. Monday, my husband picked my daughter up at school. She had spent the weekend with her father (my ex) and I hadn’t seen her since Friday morning.  I  went to greet her. She […]