Motivating parenting lifestyle mom blog by TV host, author & digital influencer Jill Simonian.
A previous version of this post was published to Mom.com on October 9, 2020. “Why aren’t you on social media that much anymore?” friends and colleagues now ask me.”Mental health,” I reply. They instantly get it. Prior to 2017, I used to throw around the words “mental health” as a respectful yet passive casual catchphrase…
Ten years. One hundred and twenty months. Five hundred and twenty weeks. Three thousand, six hundred and fifty days. Eighty seven thousand, six hundred hours. Five million and two hundred fifty-six thousand minutes. (Did I do that math right? Blame ...
The following post was previously published in The Fresno Bee on Saturday, September 12, 2020. "We have to get out of here today," my sister buzzed around in her Bass Lake cabin kitchen while our kids played and dogs ran around outside. It was ...
Our first week of 'distance-learning' school here is done. Completed. I'm shamelessly glad it's over. I'm beyond proud of my little ladies who are handling it. I'm equally relieved and irate. Confused? Stay with me. If you didn't see my impromptu ...
A previous version of this post was published in The Fresno Bee on Sunday August 9, 2020. It's been a summer all right. Haven't posted here in about a month (more!) thanks to most folks losing their brains and all previously-functioning reasoning ...
A previous version of this post was published on June 5, 2020 in The Fresno Bee. Time to parent in real life & shut up on social media? YUP. Recent current events are proving to be too much -- mentally, emotionally, physically. Los Angeles ...
How to have a fabulous, productive and winning day with kids at home doing distance-learning? It ain't easy, but these to-do's have helped us here like magic (as seen on Fox 11 Los Angeles' Good Day LA): 1) YES TO SCHEDULE! Schedules create ...
