Parenting Perspective + Experience

Empathy is important, but to some, it is a natural gift. To those who have this gift, they are labeled an empath; a person in which is overly sensitive to their environment and those that surround them. Anyone can be...

What wakes you up every morning? What gets you really excited?! Everyone has a dream or something that really excites them. The problem is that vision is quickly lost, especially when you get caught up in the day-to-day stuff either...

While most of us parents grew up watching Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, there is a generation of kids that have missed out on this riveting, edge-of-your-seat entertainment. Ok, well, maybe it wasn't a digitally-mastered cartoon that looked like it was...

Life is flying by us so quickly. One minute we are sitting down unwrapping presents with the kids for Christmas and the next we are already on our summer break frying in the sun. Activities for the kids pull...

Every year, I struggle with planning where to go or what to do to celebrate my children’s birthday. Once I have that part figured out, I usually spend the day of the party stressed over all of the hosting...

It seems that every time your news feed refreshes there is a story about millennials. The stories can range from what their shopping habits are to how they manage career and family (and why they are getting burnt out). Some...

Relationships are messy. Like, really, REALLY messy. Relationships are so hard, especially when the person does not take into account your boundaries. It can be someone really close to you, such as a family member, a friend, an ex,...

A few weeks ago, my three oldest boys and I went up to King’s Island to stand around for a couple hours awaiting an announcement of a new coaster coming to the park. Doesn’t sound like your idea of...

I was listening to the radio one day when the little news snippet came on. The topic for this segment was about a new trend called "Mommy Business Cards." I was intrigued, so I turned up the volume. They went...

My early 20s: Carefree, traveling, independent young thing without a thought of ever having a kid Fast forward over a decade later: How’d I become a soccer (and soccer coach) momming, school PTO-membering, sleepover-hosting, Harry Potter-loving, school-project-crafting woman in my...