As the author of a book and blog about parenting, it should come as no surprise that I am often asked questions about – you guessed it parenting. Oddly, for as long as I have been writing and advocating for parents to revere parenting as a divinely granted and highly honored profession, it has been rare that anyone has taken the time to ask what I believe is the most important … [Read more...]
The 5 C’s that Great Father’s Teach Their Sons
"We never kicked it at all, never pitched or kicked at a ball, you never taught me how to fight, ride a bike, none of that....!" This a lyric I heard from a Jay-Z song as Beanie Seagle rapped about being a "fatherless son." While fathers usually do teach these things, there are some other lessons that great fathers out there teach. And hence, the reason we need their presence! … [Read more...]
4 Parenting Lessons I’ve Learned from Having a Teen and a Newborn
Within the last month, I gave birth to my third child and watched my eldest graduate from middle school. Although I have moments of feeling all the way crazy for starting over again, parenting a baby with the perspective of having a child who’s all the way at the other end of childhood is a bit of a gift. As a brand new mother, having an issue and hearing someone say … [Read more...]
More Than 18 Years of Parenting and I Still Have a Lot to Learn
BMWK Family We Need Your Help! Every comment that you leave on this post means that a vaccine will be donated to child in need. This is a picture of my oldest child when he was 18 years old and a senior in high school. It's hard for me to believe that I even have a child that old. I almost feel like we have grown up together over the years. I've watched him grow into the … [Read more...]