So simple, yet so difficult. So easy, but incredibly demanding. Straightforward but complicated. Parenting seems completely natural and...

I didn't even know the word. I knew what I wanted to do, but didn't know how to explain it. I didn't even know that there were other...

School is not the same experience for every child. Some thrive and some absolutely do not thrive. Some learn well in classrooms and some...

Childhood is a stage that packs a big punch across the human life span. It represents about 10% of our lifetimes, but it impacts us...

Childhood as a carefree time of playing with friends, going to school, and spending your allowance on candy is a notion so old and...

My mother taught me two things that have lasted throughout my life: how to play the piano and how to read. Everything of worth that I...

Questions, questions, questions. Some of them are so ridiculous that you wonder what on earth is going on in your child's brain. What's...

A truly counter-culture movement, Joyful Harbor Home is a passionate mission to celebrate motherhood and the essential role mothers play...

In the universe around us, there exists a mathematical wonder known as The Golden Ratio. Artists, architects, and engineers use this...

Do you remember what it was like to be a child? What do you remember about play? Did you know that children need to play freely in order...

I hope everyone's summer is going as well as mine is so far. The days are hot and sunny, we seize every opportunity to play in the water,...

We have all been there. Overwhelmed by problems that wash over us like giant waves. Our feet fly out from under us and we long for solid...

Rabbis ponder why Noah was chosen over Adam to save human and animal lives before the great flood. There are many thoughts on this, but...

How long do childhood memories last? What do adults remember from their childhoods? This topic is really interesting to me. Learning...

The teacher who wouldn't let you touch her desk taught you to respect private property. The parent who insisted you call adults Mr. or...

This is where the rubber meets the proverbial road in a blended family. After the initial excitement, life settles in to the routines...

The word stepmother conjures up images that are rooted deep within us. Behind these images are women who frequently underestimate or...

There is a very clear watershed moment in the lives of most women. It is a moment that will forever divide her life into "before" and...

What is it about saying yes that terrifies and thrills? I think it is because "Yes" takes us places that we can't predict...which can...

I'm writing this from the lovely town of Pacific Grove, CA. I just watched the runners at Big Sur Marathon cross the finish line. Wow. My...