There’s a rule in our house that gets repeated almost as often as “wash your hands” and “shoes off at the door”: You don’t have to like it, but you do have to try it. It started as a parenting tactic to get our kids to stop writing off entire food groups after a single […]
What You Can’t Control (And Why You Should Stop Trying)
Don’t stress about what you can’t control. It sounds simple, right? But we all do it. We worry about what other people think. We replay things we can’t undo. We brace for outcomes we can’t predict. And in the process, we drain our energy, cloud our thinking, and sometimes miss the good stuff that’s actually […]
Lessons I Hope They Remember (That We Forget)
New series! Parenting is a roller coaster. Some days you feel like you’re winning. You’re half therapist and half philosopher on the way to soccer practice. Other days, you’re just trying to remember if anyone brushed their teeth. But in the middle of all that chaos, there are these little moments. The conversations, questions, and […]