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Navigating the Wonky Road of Parenting: Enlist a Support Squad All Along the Way

Review the introduction to this blog series: Manageable Doses of Advice for Parents

Review Part 1: Considering Screen Time (even though we don’t want to)

Review Part 2: Hope for Preventing and Reducing Anxiety in Children

My husband, Bruce, and I would never have made it home from the hospital with our first baby if we had not gathered an informal parenting consultation team, and that team has only grown. » Read more

Manageable Doses of Advice for Parents

It is hard to receive advice when you are in the thick of parenting young children. Survival mode is a recipe for fierce boundaries. Perhaps a morsel or two of what you read here and in a three-part blog series in 2025 could inspire a wee crack of openness to consider ideas and resources that could make parenting easier and more joyful as you go forth.
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Three Hecklers, Two Moms, One Cringy Conversation

Flying under the radar is easy for me, especially with my gray hair, a slightly tragic fanny pack, supportive hiking boots and a well-worn baseball cap. Confronting intoxicated college student hecklers at a sports event is not a practice I relish, but sometimes I can’t help myself from stepping into the mix. » Read more