Every December since becoming a parent I have vowed to do better. I promised to spend more time playing on the floor with my kids. I swore I would volunteer at school more regularly. I pledged to be ...

New Year’s Eve is upon us and as I walk around the stores buying things for my kiddos, the fancy heels and dresses always catch my eye. I think about how it might be fun to pick something shiny and ...

Whether it happens over fall break, Thanksgiving weekend, or winter vacation, your college student will be returning home — a place that is familiar and often a place of refuge where they can let go ...

Holidays are a beautiful magical time of celebration and family. Except when they are not. Holidays can seem a bit less magical when your teen or young adult child stops listening for reindeer on the ...

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The winter holidays are all about family time. Whether playing games, enjoying sports (both the doing and the watching), sharing great meals, or settling down to watch a movie, this is our favorite ...

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Gifts have been opened, wrapping paper discarded and order restored (well, not really) but maybe soon. Now is the time to pick up great deals on the items you wanted ...

You’ve been dreaming of this moment since you dropped them off in August — the sweet reunion of your baby returning home from college for the holidays. But before your vision of a fairy tale ...

Dear Kids, Okay, for starters and the record: this promise is a re-gift. This is an example of doing unto others what was done unto you. Specifically, your wonderful grandparents, did this to your dad ...