KID STUFF: Cool Finds by Robin Gorman Newman
July 11th, 2014
From Lassie to Old Yeller to Rin Tin Tin to Marley, dogs have stolen our attention and our hearts. In real life, our own pets are more than just canine companions; they are members of our family. And for some, they are heroes and brave servants. In Man’s Best Hero, ...
Meet Later Mom: Rachel Siegel
June 5th, 2014
NAME: Rachel Siegel AGE: 39 RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Married RESIDENCE: Great Barrington, MA CHILDRENS NAMES/AGES: George, 4, Patrick, 1 1/2 I am an actor, writer, and audiobook narrator. Some stuff I feel proud of: my theatre work here and in the UK, my three episodes of Chappelle’s Show, but especially the comedy ...
GUEST BLOG POST & BOOK GIVEAWAY: A Different Take on Kids with ADD, ADHD, OCD & Autism by Anne Maxwell, LCSW, RPT-S, author, Would You Teach a Fish to Climb a Tree?
May 2nd, 2014
Has your child been diagnosed with ADD, ADHD, OCD and/or Autism? Were you told that it was a disability? Do you wish that your child could simply be “normal” and yet at the same time, do you love him utterly for who he is? Do you wish he could just ...
Political Correctness to the Nth Degree by Vicky Dal Molin
April 22nd, 2014
Easter weekend just passed us by and it made me so much more aware than usual of the differences between life here in the USA and back home in Australia. While I was listening to family and friends recount how they were spending their extra long weekend (4 days off ...
The Good ‘Ole Fitness Times: By Vicky Dal Molin
April 17th, 2014
I’m late this week with my post. I’m never late on deadlines. It’s Thursday and I’ve literally had to stop everything I’m doing to write my post. If you know me I rarely ever missed meeting a commitment I’ve made. As I’m driving to work this morning I listed out ...
To GPS Track or Not To Track: That is the Question – By Vicky Dal Molin
April 8th, 2014
So I was looking at my usual blog posts today and one came up that has sparked many a debate. It was advertising this wizz bang new watch or children that allows you to GPS track them from your smart phone etc. It’s a cellular-connected GPS tracking device basically. You ...
Setting the Bar to Wonder Woman – By Vicky Dal Molin
April 1st, 2014
Last Friday after what was one of the craziest weeks I have had I arranged to meet some of the August Mum’s (whom I had mentioned in a previous post). Mind you this was after I rescheduled the entire group from Thursday to Friday after a last minute work meeting ...
The Discipline Dilemma – By Vicky Dal Molin
March 25th, 2014
I’m starting to get the impression that most toddlers are the same. Why you may ask? It seems that each week my son gets older I receive the perfect email from a myriad of parenting websites regarding the latest developmental behavior to make itself know. This week…. It’s about discipline and ...
Unmotivated Fifth Grader by Robin Gorman Newman
March 21st, 2014
What to do when it seems as if your kid does as little as possible to get by in school? We had our parent teacher meeting tonite, and the teachers' main concern was that Seth just wants to get by. At home, one of his favorite words has become "whatever." He's a tween...I ...
The Beautiful Friendships by Vicky Dal Molin
March 18th, 2014
I have just returned from a day out of town. My son and I jumped in the car Saturday morning and with much excitement (mine really…. he was far from excited at sitting for 2.5 hours in that car seat…. A fact he shared the entire drive) and headed north ...
