How to REALLY Come Home For the Holidays

This time of year can bring up many things for us, and not all of them are positive. If you are a single parent, you can feel alone, overwhelmed and simply unable to bring the kind of Christmas to your kids that you may have had when you were younger. The pressure to create a READ MORE

Working Mom? Screw the Guilt – You’re actually benefiting your kids.

Source: Children Benefit From Having a Working Mom – News – Harvard Business School So, Harvard has done a study that claims children do indeed benefit from having a working mom. Slow clap, slow clap. Those of us who have BEEN working mothers, either in a nuclear family setting or as a single parent have READ MORE

The New Barbie Commercial Is Awesome : Mattel Got One Thing Right – It’s About the Kids

The newest Barbie commercial is beyond anything we could have expected from Mattel. It kind of makes us want to cry, but in the best way possible. Source: After 59 Years, Mattel Gets It Right: The New Barbie Commercial Is Awesome | What The Flicka? As I kid I had always felt deprived because my mother READ MORE

Let Your Kids Embrace Their ‘Dark Side’

As a parent, and as a person I typically tend to do things differently – separate from the ‘norm’ and what would be considered ‘Rocking The Boat’ in many circumstances. Hence the title of this blog – taddaa! I’ve learned that this ‘going against the grain’ aspect of my personality and my ‘need’ as I READ MORE