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Real Parents On: Family Time

Does your life move so fast you feel like if you blink you’ll miss it? Or maybe your family is moving in a million different directions and it feels impossible to slow them down and just spend time together? Well you’re not alone. Check out how our fantastic panel of parents handle spending time with their families. Maybe you’ll get some ideas…or at least will realize that we’re all in this together.

Elizabeth says:

Family of Six Divides & Conquers…But Only Until Dinner Time

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Real Parents On: Education

There are so many challenges and decisions to make as a parent, and probably one of the biggest ones has to do with schooling. There are only really a handful of viable options — public schools, private schools and homeschooling — but underneath the umbrella of each of those is enough variations to make your head spin. My little one is only nine months old, but I can definitely say that even at this age, my eyes cross at the thought of weighing the pros and cons of each.

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Meet the Parents

One of the most exciting sections of this blog is a panel of incredible and, yes, real, parents from all walks of life and all circumstances. Meet them, read about their lives and their challenges, their joys and successes. Then, 2-4 times a month, I’ll throw a common parenting challenge out there, ideally a suggested topic from our incredible readers. Our panel will weigh in based on their own experiences, so you’ll have 4-6 different perspectives on the same topic.

Stay tuned for our first discussion topic about schooling, coming

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