We have Wednesday Playgroups at the playground for the pre-school and now that I am on the board and the incoming Junior Class Rep it is now my job to engage parents in conversation even though some of them still assume I’m there to kidnap their kids. I’m getting better ...

Being a stay at home parent can feel like an isolating job quicker than you would expect. When it’s just you int he kids every day for most of the day you start to lose the ability to have conversations bigger than explaining why your three year old can’t walk to the ...

When the boys and I venture out to the park or into an existing playgroup we encounter the divide. The cliques and established community of parents getting together for the kids. There seems to be this impenetrable shell that you have have to claw your way through to hang out with ...

Some people experience bonding with their child during the first few moments of life , or the first months of caring for them at home.  I on the other hand did not.  People describe bonding as an intense emotional connection that they feel with their kids.  More than just loving them, ...

Music is on in our house almost every waking hour of the day. One of our housemates was in a band when we all lived in Santa Barbara and I remember bringing his now wife to one of his shows and sitting talking to her about what a great guys ...