As a parent, we often hear about the terrible twos. What all those so-called parent pundits—the authors, bloggers, podcasters and even my Super Mom besties—failed to warn us about is that first year after your teen comes home from college. You’re not really parenting anymore. You’re just … aware of his existence.
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Trading Burnout for Burnt Sienna
At the height of major layoffs, a government shutdown and a shaky economy, I left my nice, cushy job. I traded in my tailored blazers for sneakers, my boardroom seat for a circle of small chairs and my security badge for a name tag that simply says, “Ms. Lisa.”
Well, Since You Asked
In recent years, I have celebrated Mother’s Day by asking my son, now a teen, how I can be a better mother. This is what he came up with this year:
Taking the Cost and Stress Out of Your Child’s Party
By SaveYourSelf.biz My mother and I have this running debate over parenting. She says I over parent, that things were simpler for my parents when me and my siblings were coming up. I feel like I parent just the right amount, somewhere between helicopter and free range—closer to free range. Children’s parties are an areaContinue reading “Taking the Cost and Stress Out of Your Child’s Party”
