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Parenting: When You’re the One Who’s Less Fun

As the needs of our family shifts so will our parenting roles and strengths. In this current season of our lives, I’m the one who does the laundry and makes sure the homework gets done, which leaves them free to ramble with their dad on the few days I’m gone.

Jamie Sumner
Tube Fed Child

A Mother’s Perspective: Bonding With Your Tube Fed Child

Being both a mother and a professional in the food and nutrition business, Julie shares her advice for bonding with families of a tube fed child.

Aimee Jaremowicz RD, LDN
How Powerful Words Can Be

When My Son Was Born I Learned How Powerful Words Can Be

With no previous experience being marginalized or on the receiving end of slurs, I lacked experience with how powerful words can be and how badly they can sting.

Alethea Mshar
learning disability

Does My Child Have a Learning Disability?

Recently, several parents have reached out to me as they are now realizing that their child is struggling academically, and they are uncertain if this is due to a learning disability, ADHD or anxiety.

Dr. Liz Matheis
Summer Travels

6 Tips for Summer Travels During the Pandemic

Traveling during and/or post a pandemic is filled with more anticipatory fear over the unknowns than fun. Here are six tips for safe summer travels.

Jamie Sumner
Medical test results

Medical Test Results, Not as Simple as Positive or Negative

Waiting for medical test results can be emotionaly draining. however the complexity does not stop there. There's beyond "negative is good, positive is bad."

Alethea Mshar
children summer

The Summer Slide: 5 Ways to Keep Your Children Productive

By the end of summer 2020, our children will have physically been out of school for 6 months. This article features 5 tips for scheduling your children's days to slow that 'summer slide.'

Dr. Liz Matheis
Jiu-Jitsu and self-love

What My Children’s Martial Arts Taught Me About Self-Love

It’s such a small thing, but the mental shift has been seismic in how I care for myself...I am slowly, in middle age, learning how to practice self-love.

Jamie Sumner
gardening with my kids

COVID-19 Means I’m Gardening With My Kids

COVID-19 Means I'm Gardening With My Kids, and I Love It. Rather than my respite, this year the garden is a family affair.

Alethea Mshar
Quarantine

Quarantine is Ending. How Do You Safely Re-enter the World?

It’s important to have family rules when it comes to ending quarantine and re-integrating safely back into society. Here are a few things to consider...

Jamie Sumner
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