Kids

As parents, we need to be gently insistent about having those difficult conversations.

Our job as parents is to prepare kids for the freedoms of adulthood, and sometimes that means limiting their freedom until they are ready to take responsibility for it.

They weren't doing anything particularly disruptive so far, but I know them well enough to stop things before they get to that point.

By doing it all ourselves, we train our kids not to take responsibility, and we prevent them from learning how to do things on their own.

Knowing doesn't count for much if it doesn't result in doing.

Kids aren't just trying on costumes or different styles of clothes, they're also trying on the roles that go with them.

Hoping Easter treasure hunt will create treasured memories.

Toys designed for girls have morphed drastically. The trend in feminizing and sexualizing toys and brands is very apparent.

My two-year old has decided to change his name.

Choices, fairness, disappointment and things we can't change.

Observing our kids without them knowing gives parents new insight to their capability and maturity.

The things we do for our kids. Most recently, the thing had my husband and I careening down an extremely steep, narrow mountain bike trail, bumping over logs, dodging trees, navigating roots and streams and evading bees.