I honestly don’t know where to start. A statistic? Every minute, twenty Americans become victims of physical abuse by an intimate partner. A reference to the widespread acceptance and glorification of stalking in movies so long as the stalker is rich,...
I have three children, ages 37, 35, and 31. So here is a list of all my successful child-rearing strategies.       (Wait, am I really supposed to write 420 more words for this article?) At work, when younger mothers...
Have kids, they said.  It will be great, they said. Motherhood is so beautiful, they said. You know what they didn't say?   Being a mom can be seriously gross sometimes.   Yes, having kids is beautiful and fun and rewarding.  But,...
  Somehow another Halloween has come and gone.  If you've been shopping or turned on your radio, it's clear the Christmas season is already here. The time between Halloween and Christmas becomes more compressed every year. Even though Thanksgiving can...
Like most parents today, I have a Pinterest board full of activities that I’d like to do with my children someday.  Realistically we’ve done maybe two of them in the past two summers. This year we’re shaking things up....
The slime wasn’t working. His brother's slime, bright yellow and glittery, had just turned into a perfectly smooth bouncy mass while he stirred and stirred and watched as his bowl of gluey goop did nothing. More baking soda was added....
I'm a grandmother, but I don't give a lot of advice. Not much that I did with my own kids ever worked. But there is one area where I succeeded, picky eating.  I never food fights with my kids. I...
Photo by Dan Burton on Unsplash Emotional labor, invisible labor, mental load - the terms might be new, but they are putting a name to something that is familiar to a lot of women. These concepts refer to all of the stuff that...
"Please don't judge me, I need help." This was the leading line of a mother's Facebook post seeking advice regarding her two-year-old's pacifier use. Many weighed in.  There was the typical usual "cut the tip off the of the pacifier" trick,...
It's an important time of the year for parents whose children have special needs. It's the time of year when you might start to discover that your child is struggling in school. Or when you confirm your suspicions from...

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10 Things to Do in RI This Spring!

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Spring is (finally) here, which means it is time to fill our calendars with all the fun Rhode Island spring happenings! Whether you're seeking...