The Right Amount of Busy
Like me, I’ll bet one of the first things you noticed about The COVID Shutdown of Spring 2020 was that …
Category Archives: building family connections
REAL Questions from REAL Parents: How in the world am I going to help my kid have a fun, productive summer WITHOUT boredom!!?
A couple of years ago a mom came to talk with me about how to “reclaim” her kids’ summer. It …
REAL Questions from REAL Parents: A Zillion Social Lessons…if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again?
In last week’s blog I offered a list of some REAL questions I’ve received from REAL parents. You may have …
How “VACCINATE” Your Kids for the Future!
In this Year of COVID, all of us have been thinking, wishing, hoping, that we could vaccinate our kids against …
DINNER: A Key VALUES proposition!
Meredith, twelve years old, was chatting with her pal over snacks when Meredith’s mom overheard the girls using snarky voices …
Never Underestimate the Power of the Dinner Table
In his book, The Second Mountain, David Brooks describes a weekly gathering in which he participates where a family opens …
A Case for FAMILY Dinners
You may not have thought about this before, but teens experience what public health folks call, “optional morbidity,” meaning that …
Teaching a Chicken to Play Baseball
We’ve been considering the benefits of having kids do chores. But what about the process? Let’s frame chores with the …
A Perspective on Chores and Entitlement
I’m so pleased to count Kay Wyma as my friend, though to be honest, everyone who meets her would make …
Some Things Have Changed But BALANCE Remains the Key
Maybe you remember teaching your kid to ride a bike. Many of us began with training wheels. The little guy …
