Archive for the ‘Blog’ Category
Teaching Kids to Buy Stocks: Interview with Author J.J. Wenrich by Melissa Couch Salim
March 24th, 2021
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
March 22nd, 2021
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
March 17th, 2021
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
March 16th, 2021
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
March 15th, 2021
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
March 12th, 2021
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
March 1st, 2021
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!!! ...
I am Mama by Later Mom Marina Topsis
February 28th, 2021
I worked in the airline industry for 38 1/2 years and took early retirement at 60 for many reasons. I wish I could say it was solely for my then 4 and 6 year old sons. It turned out to be a great decision. A few months later, 3/16/20, we ...
5 Tips for Moms and Dads on How to Learn Your Children’s Love Language by Later Dad Balint Horvath
February 27th, 2021
Your role as a parent involves doing so much including giving them loads of love. But, how do you know what love language your child uses especially in those first few years of being a new parent? It can get even more confusing as your child grows older. I’m fortunate enough ...
Evolving From The “Me” Into The “Us” Generation by Ali Skylar
February 26th, 2021
A couple of weeks ago when we got hit with 35 inches of snow and then later that week about another 8 inches or so, I was out there with my husband shoveling. And I was wishing that my hulky 22 year old son, living on his own, was still ...
