Parenting Perspective + Experience

Oh Mama, I see you almost going into a state of panic as you pull up your calendar and see these final weeks of the year and all its happenings laid out before you. The expectations of holiday parties,...

I'm a lifelong Dave Matthews Band fan. The band formed when I was just 8 and I have seen them at least every other year since they started touring through Cincinnati in 1995 (I grew up minutes from Riverbend,...

Like most toddlers, my daughter believes that the world revolves around her. She has to do everything herself, and when she does not get something that she wants, well, epic tantrums sometimes ensue. Although she does not fully comprehend...

This post is presented in partnership with Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth (SAFY), a national non-profit providing child placement and community-based behavioral health services. CMC is happy to help spread the word about their important mission. November is National...

"Tolerance is an act of humanity, which we must nurture and enact each in our own lives every day, to rejoice in the diversity that makes us strong and the values that bring us together." - UNESCO Director-General Audrey...

Fellow parents, this post is coming from a place of love and concern. I am probably going to get some slack from some reading this post. They may think “You don’t know my position/what I have to deal with/what...

It’s always interesting to me to hear about and see different parenting styles. What I have learned in my nearly 7 years of parenting is that we really are all just winging it. We’re doing the best we know...

Describe motherhood. Can you? When faced with the question to describe motherhood, I freeze. How can one put this into the right words? Are there any words that do it justice? I find myself staring into blank baby shower cards,...

This evening, I made dinner. Yes, just like every other night in between driving kids all over the place or making arrangements to get them where they needed to be, I made dinner. This specific dinner started being prepared...

Bringing politics into parenting doesn't mean I pick a fight everywhere I go. And I promise not to share any of my personal beliefs here; however, I want to encourage each and every one of the moms in my...