Tag: kids

Finding Your Kids’ Currency – What Motivates Them?

I’m not a psychologist (although I am certified to teach psychology), but I love to study human nature. Eleven years spent teaching teenagers and...

A Letter To My Sensitive Child

To my dear, sensitive child; At first, I didn’t want to use that word sensitive. Sometimes people use sensitive as an insult - they say things...

I Want Gritty Kids, but I am Their Biggest Obstacle

I am writing this from a makeshift greenroom as my son shoots a commercial for a local news station. I am literally pacing between...
I Was Asked to Describe My Kids and I Fumbled - Richmond Moms Blog

I Was Asked to Describe My Kids…and I Fumbled

I was recently asked to describe my kids as part of an introduction to an interview on parenthood. It surprisingly caught me off-guard, and I...

A Slow Season: A Mother Missing Her Mom in January

A mother’s year ebbs and flows with the seasons. School semesters, sports teams, birthdays, holidays, vacations, sickness.  But all the seasons are busy ones, and none...
When You're an Entrepreneur

Being Fully Present with Your Kids When You’re An Entrepreneur

The beauty of the digital age is you can be whatever you choose to be. The resources and connectivity make for endless possibilities. Your dream...
Trusting My Instincts

Trusting My Instincts and Learning to Ask for Help

  As an early childhood educator and preschool director for the last 10+ years, you can imagine I've seen it all.  I've seen kids of all...

7 Steps to Teaching Your Child Respect

"Respect your elders." That is a core moral value heard most often when we were little. But what does it mean to a child? To...

{Kids in the Kitchen} Eat Your Veggies!

With summer basically here, you're realizing more and more how much your kids devour EVERYTHING—in about 5 seconds flat. To help you get beyond the...

Guide to Free RVA Summer Fun: June

Here at Richmond Moms Blog, we're working hard to bring you FREE summer fun activities here in the RVA. For the month of June, here...