You as Parent

Enjoy these final, dreamy weeks of your pregnancy, Beth…and all you other soon-to-be Mother’s Day Mamas out there…smiling and daydreaming your way through these warm spring days.

THE PROBLEM: I’m concerned about my 13 yo daughter and my new wife (not her mom). My daughter doesn’t like her stepmom at all, and it’s creating a lot of tension in our home. My wife is trying…

Father’s Day is right around the corner. Here are a few ideas to make dad feel great.

When you become a parent, it seems like life can become very busy, very quickly. Lack of sleep, work, school, activities, and taking care of little ones often takes center stage in the home….

With tween and teen boys, my house is loud. I really do love the fact that my boys want to share everything they are interested in from the latest comic they are writing to what they are doing on…

THE PROBLEM: I feel like a bad mom. I can never keep up with things—school lunches, laundry, getting dinner on the table—all the normal stuff I should be able to take care of. To look at my…

THE PROBLEM: My 4 yo son isn’t coping well with my husband’s and my divorce. Unfortunately, the months leading up to the separation were pretty tense; I’m ashamed to admit we fought a lot, even in…

Divorce makes daughter angry, mom gets the blame
by Mary Follin and Erika Guerrero
THE PROBLEM: My (14 yo) daughter blames me for divorcing her father. I guess that makes sense (because I did),…

Between finding the time, the money and the babysitter, it’s no easy task to pull off a date night. For already overburdened parents, it might be tempting to just throw in the towel and skip it…

All moms crave balance! I have been a postpartum nurse since 2015, and I get the privilege of taking care of moms from all walks of life. I have found that no matter how much experience a mom has…