I became a mother at the dawn of the Internet and watched technology and social media change parenting in ways I could never have imagined. I got my first email address in the months before my last child was born and thus my family has quite literally grown up in parallel with the World Wide [Read More]
Buying a new car is no easy task. With an infinite amount of options and ongoing conversations with salespeople, making the perfect purchase can seem overwhelming. When you’re first starting out, we believe it’s always important to do your research.
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A lot of us parents worry that the expansion of digital technology into our children’s lives will result in them reading less than kids of previous generations. It turns out that we needn’t worry at all. Children today are reading more than ever, in both digital and print forms, says a Scholastic Kids and [Read More]
“Is Daddy coming home tonight?” my daughter often asks.
She usually chooses to loudly ask this question at the worst possible time – when we’re in a crowded location like a mall or grocery store – the kind of places that elicit stares as people wonder why a four year-old would have to ask [Read More]
In 1996 a young couple, Julie and Bill Clark, from Alpharetta, Georgia, invested $18,000 of their savings to produce a VHS (remember those?) called Baby Einstein. Julie, a former teacher and stay-at-home mom, and her entrepreneurial husband quickly added an extensive line of videos with names like Baby Van Gogh and Baby Mozart. This [Read More]
I am a true lover of all things tech and would even consider myself a tech-o-maniac; however, since becoming a parent I haven’t been as enthused about keeping up with the latest trends. Why? I am terrified my kid will be exponentially smarter than me in terms of technology. As a parent I want [Read More]
I love to shop. I never thought a personal styling service would be my thing. I have a decent eye for what works well on my body and enjoy the whole dressing room ritual, perusing through the store and finding the perfect item for my event.
But then I started working full time, with [Read More]
After years of watching one of my 10 year-old sons resist my required 20 minutes of reading each night while his twin brother easily sped through non-fiction history books, my husband and I decided that a new, low-stress strategy was in [Read More]
In my household, we frequently use a “thumbs up” signal to indicate that we are okay with what the other family member is doing. If I send my 8-year old to find a restroom in a restaurant on his own, once he’s [Read More]
Could you pack up your life and travel around the world with your kids for a year? Would you want to? For most of us, a year of traveling with family sounds like a pipe dream or a disaster waiting to [Read More]
