I just want to be an author one day. I knew I was serious when I started Googling ‘how to write a book.’ (Please buy the book now! Oops was I that shameless so close to the top?) Be careful what you wish for. I shouldn’t say it like that — what I mean is: Be aware…
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CBS Los Angeles: When the Bough Breaks documentary #PostpartumStrong
Things you don’t think about when you’re pregnant (at least I didn’t). And to think I now look back and am convinced I had some sort of chemical mood disorder that first time I was pregnant (yup, I wrote about it in a book). According to the Center for Disease control (CDC), postpartum depression affects…
CBS Los Angeles: Chores. Put our kids to work!
How do get kids to do chores? Put ’em to WORK. Like, seriously — getting our kids to help the whole family with certain duties is not an option in this too-much-going-on social environment anymore. I do insist my kids help out. (No really, I do. My girls’ plate-taking-up-to-the-sink skills are now on autopilot because I’ve insisted…
Quickie Parenting Lessons from This Is Us! TODAY Show Parenting Team.
Every week for the past few months, I’ve spent Tuesday nights weeping and feeling and relating and nodding my head ‘yes’ as tears stream down my face and I use another tissue to wipe my eyes clean so I can properly see the next scene. Because, This Is Us people… So yeah, you bet I…
I dropped an F-bomb in front of my kids. For Women’s History Month.
Ever dropped an F-bomb in front of your kids? (Oh Jill, that’s child’s play…) Well it happened to me for the very first time not to long ago. Especially for Women’s History Month. Let me tell you — it didn’t feel fabulous. Thanks to Babble.com’s incredible ’49 Great Moms in History Who More Than Left Their…
CBS Los Angeles: Money talks. (Do you?)
Money. It’s (allegedly) the number one cause of divorce and a major reason why many parents find themselves laying awake at night and/or arguing about life. (How the hell are we going to afford college with the rising cost of EVERYTHING?!?! Why can you buy your x-y-z but I can’t buy my a-b-c?!?!?!) Money makes me nervous….
CBS Los Angeles: Parents should check ourselves? Yup.
Family media diets are the new life skills. Why? Well, I’m sick and tired of parents being mean about the state of our world. There. #SorryNotSorry for the mini-rant, but it’s slowly killing me. It might be killing you too? The hate, the outrage, the how-can-anyone-think-about-something-in-a-different-way-than-me, the if-you-think-about-something-this-way-then-unfriend-me-right-now. I’m sorry. It’s not okay. The being aware…
