Birthdays Come and Go by Michele Talamo (a Later Mom)
February 24th, 2015
My daughter and I are turning 5 and 45 this year! Birthdays come around for everyone all the time, right?! For me as an older mom, it has so much more meaning. As my daughter ages and reaches milestones, so do I! It's a time that makes me stop and ...
Meet Later Mom: Actress/Author Brooke Shields
January 19th, 2015
YOUR NAME: Brooke ShieldsAGE: 49RELATIONSHIP STATUS: MarriedRESIDENCE: New York CityCHILDREN’S NAMES/AGES: Rowan 11, Grier 8 You have had success in many entertainment arenas. Is there one in your career that you are most proud of, and why? Acting on Broadway. The amount of work, talent and endurance you have to ...
SAN FRANCISCO FAMILY ADVENTURE by Robin Gorman Newman
October 26th, 2014
Let me first say that I'm a HUGE California lover. Two summers ago, we went to San Diego, and it was just a lovely vacation. This past summer, we chose San Francisco and surrounding areas because my son, Seth, age 11, is a huge fan of the website Roblox.com, and we ...
GUEST BLOG POST: Filling Your Child’s Memory Bank by Susan Newman, Ph.D.
October 17th, 2014
(Adapted from Little Things Long Remembered: Making Your Children Feel Special Every Day by Susan Newman, Ph.D.) Life swirls at a hectic pace, putting a high premium on finding family time. Amid busy schedules, technology steals more available time than ever before. With so many young children—and parents—enamored with the mesmerizing ...
Guest Blog: Motherhood in Good Time by Susanne Paola Antonetta, author, Make Me a Mother
June 11th, 2014
When my son Jin was fourteen, and at the age where the meanest thing he could think of to say occasionally popped out of him--like a stone busting out of a tumultuous dam-- he once or twice said to me, “You are too old. You’re too old to understand ...
Help, I’m having a baby at 42! by Lori Loesch
January 23rd, 2014
I have been asked to blog for Motherhoodlater.com, and I couldn't be happier. I have always wanted to be a writer. I never pursued that dream, but I write a lot, and always kept the idea in my heart. I married my husband when I was 27 years old. We married ...
Perspective by Sharon O’Donnell
November 2nd, 2013
While I was 'tracked out' of school from my job as a Teaching Assistant at a year-round elementary school, I decided to take care of a few doctors' appointments. There was a knot on my lower arm that I'd had for years, and although it was harmless, I wanted to ...
Just GR8 by Peggy Bogaard Lapp
May 4th, 2013
A few weeks ago my good friend posted a cryptic comment about teaching children about how things are not what they seem. Her point was that children, however many times told not to do something, may still do it, as they are impulsive, and have no ability to think rationally ...
