Perspectives in Parenting

If you have ever read anything I've written, you will see that every single day, I practice gratitude. I literally wrote the book on it. Ok, not the actual original book but I did publish a gratitude journal and now I feel...

So you have a child that is getting anxious for school? Maybe your child is generally anxious. Heck, maybe YOU yourself are generally anxious.  I have been there. I am there.  And I am giving you some tangible tips to (hopefully) make this...

I listened to a podcast when my son was just born about family values and the importance of creating a list of a select few values, that you as a family collectively agree are important. The podcast host said...

Since the birth of our daughter four years ago, I’ve worn many different career hats. I've worked a typical 9-5 in-office schedule, I’ve worked remotely, I’ve been a stay-at-home mom, and I’ve made my own hours working for myself. Here’s...

Meeting You A poem honoring the birthing experience. By Heather Rose Artushin I stayed up late as if I knew,tomorrow I'd bemeeting you.A few short hours lay in bedbefore a gush of water said,"It's time."The hours rushed slow,you descended low,contractions washed like...

We were at Lowe's. Me in my mom-jeans-uniform. My teen son in his Chubbies one. It had been one of those weeks, you know. Everything was dying: the kitchen fridge, the garbage disposal, my will to “adult.” So when I finally...

As I said goodbye to an acquaintance a couple of days before this dreaded "special day" coming upon me... the other person replied, "Happy Mother's Day!" She stopped herself, and as if to call herself silly she laughingly added,...

This is not a joke. I repeat this is not a joke! Last April Fools Day, we welcomed our second child into the world, in the midst of a global pandemic. At the time, we were living in Michigan....

While sitting in my son’s Pre-k school parking lot after dropping him off on his first day (no, I haven’t left yet), I am struck with so many emotions. Pride of seeing my two-year-old walk in with zero fear...

I just love the belief most children have that they can be and do anything they want when they grow up. I feel like somewhere during life, as we grow up, something in many of us shifts and we...