My husband recently took a trip to Rwanda where he volunteered, advised, and taught business and entrepreneurship classes at the Gashora Girls Academy of Science and Technology.
Education has always been a passion of his, and so it was...
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I have a 7-year-old son who has recently fallen in love with basketball, so as you can imagine our household is obsessed with the Golden State Warriors right now, especially Steph Curry.
And let me tell you how grateful...
I never thought I would still be breastfeeding my almost three-year-old. I started off with the intention of breastfeeding for a year or so, but here I am, nearly three years later. I was hoping that my son would...
Okay, so let's be clear from the beginning—if you think you might need to fire your nanny, you do.
When your child was born, you, like all moms, became a superhero with a very powerful "mom gut." This is a...
As an advice nurse at a busy pediatricians office, talking about ear infections (in medical lingo: otitis) is among one of the more frequent calls I deal with. I feel a pang for the stressed out, busy parent who...
Two weeks ago my worst nightmare became a reality. My 2-year-old son choked, and not the cough, cough, "Are you ok?” kind of choking. This was the silent, turning red in the face, “Mommy, I can’t breathe” choking.
We were...
“I feel like he should be talking more by now.” In a world in which we are inundated with information about what our children “should be” doing and “have to” to do, it’s very easy for us as parents...