Archive for March, 2021

Postpartum Hair Loss & Regrowth Strategies for Moms


If you are a new mom dealing with postpartum hair loss and you’re looking for solutions -- this article is for you. Many new mothers experience the shock of postpartum hair loss around three months after giving birth. Sometimes hair can fall out in clumps, and while not uncommon, it can ...

In Search of the Stork: Over 40 & Trying to Conceive by Dr. Robert Kiltz, Author, The Fertile Feast


I’m often asked, “Can you have grey hair and still get pregnant?” I’m happy to say that despite all of the grim statistics doctors and researchers like to throw your way, it’s still possible to get pregnant at 40 and beyond. It might take longer for it to happen, and ...

Do Parents Need To Build Confidence In Their Kids? by Maureen Eich VanWalleghan


Today, I am truly inspired after having a conversation that included me expressing my desire to build confidence in my daughter. The conversation was with a person who is helping to facilitate some of my daughter's education. The comment that came back was something like "confidence is overrated." It was ...

Teaching Kids to Buy Stocks: Interview with Author J.J. Wenrich by Melissa Couch Salim


Why were you passionate about writing a book on this topic?  So many reasons!! First off, I was fortunate to have teachers growing up that taught us about the basics of the stock market, and a little personal finance as well. I am very grateful for the exposure to these topics, ...

Parenting a Teen with Special Needs: A Q&A with Adam J. Holstein, Psychoanalyst/Behavior Therapist: Interview by Melissa Couch Salim


In your work, you support children diagnosed with developmental disabilities and offer parent training.  Can you share what the most common challenges have been, and what has been the most prevalent concern from parents? The most common challenge for parents who contact me is how to parent their child who ...

Meet Melissa Bernstein of Melissa & Doug and Author, LifeLines


Q&A With Melissa Bernstein From the outside, your life looks perfect: you started a business from scratch, used your creativity to design toys, and made hundreds of millions of dollars doing it. You’ve been married for 28 years, have 6 kids, 2 dogs, a cat, a beautiful house. Did the fear ...

Meet Chris Parsons, author, A Little Spark: Interview by Melissa Couch Salim


What a beautiful, pure and ideal story. Don’t we all want to live in Lake Zuron..that is before “LIFE” takes over?! What inspired the story? I have always liked stories where the underdog or the unlikely hero steps up and saves the day. We all cheer for the unlikely hero ...

Moms Always Share…:) by Ali Skylar


CHARACTERS: Mom, Son SETTING: A mom and son at college are texting each other. Mom:  Hey, start thinking about what you want to get with the couple of million dollars I’m going to give you when I win the $700 million powerball drawing tonight! Son:  You bought a ticket? Mom: Yep Son: Since when do you ...

When the Student is Ready… The Appearance of Teacher Jade in my Life by Pamela Francis


She’s brown. Just like me She’s beautiful. Just like me She’s well-traveled. Just like me She’s an educator. Just like me She’s an entrepreneur mom. Just like me She appears to keep it real — as in her hair. Just like me. She lives in Atlanta. I did that. She purportedly makes $10,000 a month in online teaching revenue. And ...

Filmmaker Shows Kids Don’t Have to Be Collateral Damage of Divorce: Interview with Ginger Gentile by Later Mom Melissa Couch Salim


  The documentary film is so well done. Parental Alienation is a topic now being shared and discussed as a result of your work over the years. Your first film, Erasing Dad, started the conversations in Argentina and now Erasing Family has a large U.S. and even wider global reach. Congratulations!!! ...