Category Archives: Parenting & Family

Back in 2010, I wrote a post on 10 ways to embrace the evening hours with little kids. It remains one of my most clicked …Read More

Family life has presented new challenges these last few months. Whether you're navigating homeschooling or in-person schooling, or the usual holiday stress minus some of …Read More

I nursed my fourth child for the last time one Saturday morning in April 2016. I had spent quite a few of the previous eight …Read More

My older three children are relatively close in age: 13, almost 11, and almost 9. The younger two are a fair amount younger: they are …Read More

My older kids started virtual school yesterday: grades 8, 5, and 3 (the kindergartner will start later this week, and will be attending a private …Read More

Baby #5 arrived seven months ago today. Knowing now about the timing of his arrival, I'm quite glad I went into labor in the middle …Read More

We are almost to the end of what has been a very strange school year. For years, virtual learning has been heralded as the wave of …Read More

It was bound to happen eventually. After one closure for cleaning, and a few half days for teachers to figure out remote work plans, Pennsylvania's …Read More

One of the realities of having five children is that, most likely, there will be a wide spread of ages between them. There are upsides to …Read More