Teenagers face a variety of stressors, from peer pressure to hormonal changes and increased responsibilities. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, they’ve endured even more stress than usual, due largely to isolation.
Stress can cause or worsen mental health problems like anxiety...
Military moms and moms in military families, I bow to you and thank you for your service, both on the military and mom fronts! You are amazing and unbelievable!
Having a day job on top of motherhood is intense. I cannot...
BOO! It's Fall - and that means it's the season of pumpkins, treats, and other spooktacular Fall festivities. Fall marks the beginning of the string of activities, holidays, and events until the winter holidays. First up, Halloween - that...
September is National Preparedness Month - but there's no bad time to be better safe than sorry, right? Living in the Bay Area - what with earthquakes, power outages, wildfires,...
Two-thirds of parents in the U.S. say parenting is harder today than it was 20 years ago, with many citing technologies – like social media or smartphones – as a reason. Pew Research Center
Having conversations with your children regarding...
Siblings. We love them, we hate them, we love to hate them. It’s hard to imagine not fighting with someone we live with day in and day out. It’s only natural. But I get many questions about how to...
The search for a second vehicle has begun. I never thought we would be looking at a second car before we had children or bought a house. Like most life changes, sometimes, we are forced to compromise. In this...
Millennial parents - growing up, many of us have had the luxury of seeing Disney's Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Toy Stories, or Marvels Studio's Spiderman, or Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora The Explorer, or Cartoon...
In 2019, California had a total of 3,316 fatal car crashes — the highest number in the U.S. 90 of the fatalities were children under age 15 (most of which were car seat age) — the 2nd highest total...
But before we begin, let me briefly introduce myself. Not only am I a private school placement consultant, but I attended private schools, I taught in private schools and now I am a private school parent. I know this...