The Importance of Family Pets
I can jump on the bandwagon as well and also discuss some of the more obvious reasons why a family pet can make for a really important addition to the family, but I won’t since…Read more...
Advice
Supporting Your Child’s Long-Shot Dream Career Choice
One of my boys came home from school one day convinced he’d found his “calling in life” and yes, he actually did refer to it as a calling, although I suspect he’d heard that word…Read more...
When is the Right Time for the Birds and the Bees Talk?
As if just being around to make sure your children don’t eventually find those creative ways to kill themselves they seem to be looking for as they grow up isn’t enough of a challenge on…Read more...
Get Involved with Your Children’s Education
Having been involved in my children’s Parents and Teachers Association (PTA), I’ve had the pleasure of being able to look in on the lives of this great institution we call the school and also to…Read more...
When Children Reach the Experimental Stage
One of the biggest challenges parents will ever have to deal with in their lives is that dreaded period in your children’s lives when they reach the experimental phase. From the time they become conscious…Read more...
Creating a Dynamic Domestic Environment for the Kids to Thrive In
This isn’t the in OCD me speaking here, but rather just a parent who has made an observation -- not that I can ever really separate myself from my Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. So anyway, I’ve…Read more...
Learning to Let Go a Bit
You don’t have to be obsessive compulsive to understand what it really means to be a parent, but I think I’ll be justified in saying that parenthood does indeed bring out the OCD in all…Read more...
Navigating The Dating World When You Have Kids
Look, dating in this day and age is hard enough as it is, but try doing it when you have two thriving kids who each have minds of their own and also doing it while…Read more...
Encouraging a Healthy, Active Lifestyle
It’s always nice to be able to go on something like a field trip which effectively kills two birds with one stone and educates all in tow in addition to making for a lot of…Read more...
Life After A Separation
One of the things that made me fall in love with the mother of my kids in the first place ironically came to the fore in its strongest form when we separated, that being her…Read more...