My Grandma swears she never met a Kevin in this country (she’s from Ireland), so she decided to name her son Kevin. Every other mother in the early 60s seemed to have the same idea. Decades later, my husband decided our second kid was to be called Connor. We took the family to LegoLand when he was three. As he was…

Thank you! I needed that this morning.

Yes and no. Sometimes their noise will cause you to scream very loudly for everyone to shut up. Sometimes you have to leave the room. Then other times you love it. During those moments, you hear the joy in the screams. You love their laughter and songs. Your heart breaks when they cry. You want to hear them express…

The only reason I put my kids in swimsuits was because our culture sexualizes and makes the simplest things ‘naughty’. We have a pool in our backyard and one of my kids frequently swam without his trunks. Two of his cousins also swim without swimsuits when they’re over. All the other other kids choose to wear…

Yes!!!!

I do think a lot of this is the pendulum swinging back from the ideal that the best parents are completely centered around their children. The children’s school functions, activities, friends, parties, etc. take precedence over your life. That you are not a good parent if you aren’t involved 100% with your children.…