Big Kids

Think being a teenager is hard? Try being a pre-teen. You still like kids’ toys, playing outside with your friends, building on MineCraft, and watching the Disney Channel. But you also like “cool” stuff like celebrities, pop music, YouTube,...

This is the grueling part of parenting- when our child gets their hopes up about a team, only to find face the disappointment of not being picked for it.

Something happened recently that really upset me. As I was conversing with my two boys, ages 6 and 9, about Halloween costumes, my 9 year-old informed me he no longer wanted to be a character for Halloween. He said Halloween...

This year, my 10-year-old step-daughter had six items on her Christmas wish list.  Of the six, five were technologically advanced items. Earlier this year, she said she wanted a new phone because hers was not a "new" one.  First of...