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Stepping Out With Twins? Pretend You re a Kardashian!

Multiples are more commonplace than ever these days, but for some reason, when people see them, they act like they've experienced a celebrity sighting.

6 Things You Absolutely Should Not Do in the School Pick-Up Line

It's a delicate dance, this school pick up line. We've all got places to be, so for the love of pete, don't muck it up for the rest of us.

You'll Eat What I Serve and Like It

It's difficult to make hard and fast rules as a parent. But drawing lines in the sand around meal time can be beneficial to everyone.

9 Things I Want the Mom of My Son's Bully to Know

There's no excuse for bullying. But as parents, we should be able to respectfully discuss what happens between our kids.

The Last Times

We never know which moments in our kids' lives are "lasts." From nights in cribs, to nursing sessions, maybe we wouldn't choose to know even if we could.

It's up to Us to Turn the Tide of Entitled Kids

Kids become entitled when they've been given everything with little asked in return. Teach them that you don’t get ahead by being served, but by serving.

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5 Reasons Why I'm Done Chaperoning School Field Trips

Get a group of 45+ kids inside a tin box (i.e. a school bus) and the most deafening live concert you've ever attended will seem like a meditation class.

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Paradise Lost on a 2-Year-Old

Wherever you go, there you are. With your kids. Bickering at the threshold of The Royal Towers Hotel lobby at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas

School Vacations - An Exercise in Endurance

We are mere hours away from spring break here in Massachusetts and I’m mentally and emotionally preparing myself. Not by finishing up some work and working out as I had planned. Of course not. Inst...

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Pregnant at 41—5 Reasons NOT to Panic

The phrase, “I’m too old for this” kept looping through my mind as I was lumbering about heavily pregnant with my fourth child at age 41.

What Really Happened When Our Family Cut the Cord

I have a secret and I know I’m not alone. I love TV. So does my husband and my four sons. Despite this, we recently decided to cut the cord.