Making Chores Fun

One Friday after school, I decided that something had to be done – I couldn’t face the weekend with a totally messy house and looking around I realized that most of the mess was created by my three kids. I wanted them to help clean up, but know from experience that there is the hard [...]

The Family Medicine Cabinet

A few years ago I went to the medicine cabinet (ours is in a high cabinet in the kitchen) and grabbed a bottle of cold medicine to give a dose to my son. Luckily, before I finished dispensing it I noticed I had grabbed the wrong bottle – it was the adult version. I made [...]

Raising Healthy, Independent Kids Who Are Ready for College

Now that I am far removed from the diaper stage with my kids, we are rapidly approaching the “better think about college” phase. Apart from the obvious questions of where the kids may want to go to school and what they might want to study, I have started thinking about the skills they need to [...]

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