Helicopter Mom and Just Plane Dad

Today’s post is running late, we’ve been hanging up our Christmas decorations.  It’s one of those tasks that I start dreading in October and then realize that I truly love doing it. I have vibrant memories of decorating the tree with my parents.  Dad would take us outside to play in the snow and build igloos […]

Teenagers and peer pressure seem to go hand-in-hand when discussing issues concerning parents. Peer pressure exists as long as peers exist, from the first taste of socialization to the last. Peers serve a purpose in establishing self-identity and the place of self in the community and the world. Even a jury in a court case […]

Whoosh.  There goes Halloween in a mad rush of costumes and pumpkin carving and too much sugar.  And then bam, Thanksgiving is upon us.  Recapturing Christmas is essential.  If we don’t stop and take a deep breath, Christmas will be over before we know it. And that would be a shame.  Because I truly believe […]

Halloween is one of my family’s favorite holidays.  The weather starts to get cooler, which is always a welcome respite.  It starts our year end feeding frenzy; candy, turkey and Christmas cookies. We always get together with the extended family to eat dinner then head out to troll the neighborhood in search of sugar laden […]

Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. We didn’t get a lot of trick or treater’s while growing up in the country, but as a kid we would get even larger candy hauls from the houses we did go to. Now that I live in the suburbs I am really excited to […]