I was going to write about my anxiety and a recent bout with depression due to stress and overwork.
I was going to write about ways of approaching the self-care. I was going to write about learning to say “no”...
Kindergarten is a word that stirs many emotions in a parent’s heart.
Even if your child has previously been in full-time daycare or preschool, it’s a big milestone. Things become more formal, more systematic, more grown-up somehow, and of course,...
Are you a mother questioning her own purpose beyond this hat of motherhood?
Are you wondering how to work through that question while also being the best mom you can be?
New agreements need to be made.
Enter The Four Agreements...
As the kids are getting ready to go back in school, it’s time to celebrate and ease into
your family routine again – which should include swimming lessons!
At Goldfish Swim School, we’ve designed our curriculum to not only help your...
"Mom, why do I need to speak Hindi? No one else speaks it. My teachers don't, and my friends don't. And anyway I am American, not Indian." When my son asks these questions, I explain that because his parents...
The tone in the classroom became serious.
Teachers whispered as they led us down the elementary school hall in standard single file formation for an impromptu visit to the school gym. Confused students filled the chairs as each was asked,...
"I am NOT giving my kids an allowance," says young wife to young husband. That was months before their first was born and years before they would finally cave. (That was me, by the way.)
In today's world, parents are...
Teacher of the year - check! Mommy of the year - not so much:
I teach adolescent girls all day long. While I have been told how heroic I am for my willingness to take on this astonishing feat, it...
This isn't the kind of mom I want to be.
The realization hit me hard as I balanced uncomfortably on my hands and knees, scrubbing the last remnants of sticky goo from our tiled kitchen floor.
My 4-year-old son had found...
Since having children almost three years ago, my view of winter has drastically changed.
Instead of Lorelei Gilmore-levels of whimsy and delight, I now approach the coldest, darkest season of the year with Jon Snow-levels of dread and despair.
Yes, winter...
In + Around Richmond
Being a Millennial Mom in 2019: What it’s Actually Like
“I wouldn’t want to raise a kid today.”
That’s what you’ll hear from most adults over the age of 50. As a 33-year-old “Millennial Mom”...
