Shopping with young children can be a nightmare, especially if you are like me and have an unreasonable fear of strangers in malls that you transfer to your children.. To be fair little kids want to shop with their mothers about as mu...

My daughter who is almost eight is definitely growing up.  How do I know?  She asked to take a shower this morning.  For some reason this simple action is a defining fork in the road, her transition from the little girl who must be pro...

I think we could all learn a lot from the simple ways children learn about and processing and understanding right from wrong. "How was your day?" I asked my four-year-old. "Not good," she said dropping her ...