Browsing: First Person
Not long ago, I gathered our children around for a family meeting to announce their newest chore: helping make dinner.
Buckle up. Start your engines. Your teen just passed the driver’s learner permit test and is ready to hit the open road.
I am that person who starts preparing for what’s ahead way before the rest of the general population. My oldest…
It was an ordinary Tuesday afternoon when it happened. I was helping my daughter, Sadie, with her homework, mulling the…
I check the forecast every morning. At some point over the years, I developed a compulsive desire to know the odds…
“This will be my first Mother’s Day without my son,” I said sadly, on a recent visit to my nearly…
Kids are gross. No, not your kids. Other people’s kids. I’m sure your children are perfectly clean and illness-free. They…
“What did he do now?” asked the parent who picked up the phone call from school. My sister Jennifer Tarolli,…
“Children should be seen and not heard.” That was one of the prevailing parenting tips of past generations. When I…
My daughter grew up. I try not to blame her, as this apparently just happens. Spoiler alert: If you feed…