Back to school for the kids means back to herself for mom, or at the least, we have a bit more time for ourselves these days. Our mood is best described by the Staples commercial with the sullen children following the ecstatic school-supply-shopping parent down the aisles. When the yellow...

"The greatest need of every human being is the need for appreciation." The author of this auspicious quote may be unknown, but man she was a female for sure! It's amazing how much energy we have to do for others when we feel we've been acknowledged. The thank-yous we constantly...

Summer is one of those seasons we both can and can't wait for. There's no arguing to get the kids to wear jackets, but there is wrestling for them to wear sunscreen. Our little guys can be outside with their outside voices all the time, only they're in our backyard...

The family trip is one of the first things that gets put on hold during tough economic times. And even if you're planning a day-cation this summer, the cost can still add up between gas prices, eating out, admission prices, and more. Here are some ideas on how to do...

When a full-time job as mom doesn't cut it anymore cash-wise in this struggling economy, it doesn't necessarily mean going back to work out of the house. There are lots of ways to work from home, keeping your work hours to school hours and managing mom responsibilities. For many of...

Schools is about to let out and moms are rejoicing and biting nails at the same time. Downtime with the kids, ahhh--but at the same time we are determined not to let our bodies get back to their winter hibernation state (more pounds, less firm). It's a juggling act to...

It's a fact: baby booms happen nine months after bad weather days (blizzards, hurricanes, etc) when people are staying in and cuddling up as well as after dramatic events like 9/11. It's human nature that in trying times we crave the need to be close with our significant other.

If parents think they can figure out the sexual stages their kids will go through with a simple reading of Freud, they are wrong.

Freud was as controversial as he could have been for his time. Never before had people been told that children could be sexual beings with...

One day my very animated six-year-old declares he is going to be an astronaut, the next day he's ditched the moon to do whatever his hero, daddy, does instead. My girls, one eight and enamored of all things fancy, and the other a tweeny, sophisticated beyond-her-years nine year old, sometimes...

This whole email era, IM age, and texting craze will forever be a learning curve for us moms -- but for our kids it's the normal way of life. In fact, they've "grown up" in this tech time and know more than me (I know I'm not the only one!)....