Parents owe it to their children, and all the children they will ever interact with, to put an end to bullying behavior before it gets worse and while their influence is still great.

I have started trying to treat my two-year-old like an older kid and give him a little more running room when it comes to outings.

If I stood outside a teeny-bopper store at the mall and asked the first 100 teenagers exiting the store the same question, I am willing to bet that most would give relatively the same answer.

We have a sun room in our house that I use as my office. By office, I’m referring to a desk with piles of papers, a bookcase filled with cookbooks I never use, and a couch for lounging on when I read the latest novel for book club, which I also have never done.

Beauty comes in all sizes, forms and shapes. Beauty is all around us. If we choose to look for it.

Mondays and Fridays (the two full days each week that Hallie and I spend together) occasionally mirror what I once envisioned parenting a daughter would look like.

Making houseguests feel welcome doesn’t have to cost a lot of money or wreak havoc on the family schedule.

I’ve started a petition to get on the 4th hour of the Today show with the ladies so I can drink wine with them and perhaps leave the world of yoga pants and spit up behind for a few minutes.

It’s been said that the difference between a good joke and a great joke is often found in the delivery.

Privacy is a rarity when you’re a parent. You may crave it like there’s no tomorrow, but if you have young kids still living at home, you can just forget about it.

I am all for raising independent and self-sufficient children. I am giving our 4-year-old more responsibilities. I figure, if he has jobs at school, then he can earn his keep at home. He has chores and jobs.

How many of us have seen a child in a wheelchair? Or a child with Autism or another kind of special needs and you aren’t quite sure what to say or how to act without offending the family or child? Here are things you SHOULDN’T say!

While I like to consider myself to be a “creative” person, I am by no means “artistic”. So, when asked to try and find some fun “green” projects for some older kids at a summer day camp, I felt a little panicked.

People with autism lack theory of mind. They also struggle to understand and process metaphorical language, but they feel things with the same intensity and passion of non-autistic people. It’s true!

Before I had children, when I was naïve and in my 20s, I once went to Target and saw a toddler throwing a temper tantrum of epic proportions. I was horrified to see that the parent just walked away.

Preschool assigns jobs to the students. These glitzy and glamorous jobs can be snack helper, line leader, caboose or calendar helper.

We recently went through something with Dominic that really had me perplexed. He was battling a stubborn stomach bug that kept him home from school on and off for about two weeks or so.

For most kids, right now is the final home stretch before school lets out for the summer. But that doesn’t mean it’s too late to change the way your household deals with homework. You can make the countdown even easier by getting organized and finish off this school year with a bang.

Most women would agree that getting ready for a night out on the town is much more exciting than getting ready for a typical day.

The firstborn is the kid parents make the mistakes with. We mess up, worry too much, project our issues, hover, etc.

I just wrote a post about manners, but I neglected to include phone manners. Get ready, I'm hopping up on the old soapbox!!

Aren’t those first few weeks a blur after you have a baby or adopt a child? Sleepless nights, getting everyone into a new routine, wondering if you’ll get a shower before dinnertime??

I love my electronics as much as the next person. My kids love to play on the iPad or Wii. But, we do not allow electronics at ANY meal - at home or in public.

I recently attended a baby fair geared to first time moms and filled with products, services and such that a mother might need.

After a blog I wrote about Five Inventions I would like to create, I've decided to expand this to a top ten list.