A friend of mine signed up her 10 year old daughter, Emma, for a one week soccer camp. But Emma hates sports. So why on earth would she do such a thing?! Somewhere along the way, between working full time, taking care of her aging parents, along with a divorce, years of being a single […]
Do you ever have moments where learning something at work teaches you something that impacts how you parent your children at home? At a recent performance review, I was told, “Your team loves working for you and they are learning a lot from you. The main feedback I have for you is that you’re managing […]
“How do you keep track of what your kids are doing on social media?” Parents of tweens wrangle with the question of whether or not to set them up with a social media account and the bigger question of, “How do we keep track of what they are doing?” The common answer I hear focuses […]
I spent over an hour this evening in the card aisle at my local drugstore looking for a Hallmark card. A coworker that I mentor is leaving Microsoft. I care a lot about the people that I mentor and the people that I manage. The emotions I develop for them are a combination of a big […]
One concept that I REALLY want my kids to understand is — Consequences. They are young, my daughter just turned 9 and my son is about to turn 13, so now it the time. I really don’t want them learning this concept for the first time as they drive the family car on their […]
National Night Out got me thinking about how important it is that parents of Autistic children get out and meet their neighbors. But it also reminded me of how difficult this can be. We are so busy with therapy appointments, IEP meetings, all kinds of things. We aren’t exactly on the “play date circuit” either […]
For my daughter’s birthday this year, I knew she was getting a lot of Barbie stuff so I planned to get her something for her Barbies. When I was a kid, I remember having this little pink suitcase where I kept all the clothes, shoes, etc. I couldn’t find anything like this at the store […]
