My first job out of high school was working at a daycare while I was attending college. I am wonderful with children, however, I quickly realized I could not give the children the love, attention, and care that they needed and could only receive from their mothers... More >>

When I married my husband, he was in University getting his 5 year teaching degree (here in Canada) and was constantly told how the teaching profession was in dire need of males and what an asset he would be in any workplace. He had dreamed of being a teacher since he was a child, and was gifted in the profession. More >>

I broke down in tears yesterday listening to the caller whose 12-yr-old daughter was in ICU after having a stroke. It brought back all the memories of my own (now) 12-yr-old daughter who was born 14 weeks premature and spent 79 days in ICU with a brain injury due to lack of oxygen from a prolapsed umbilical cord. More >>

My mom (who had been a first grade teacher before I was born and then a stay at home mom) had a good rule regarding after school activities: my sisters and I were only allowed to participate in one after school activity at a time. More >>

When I was a youngster, I was a latch-key kid. This meant virtually no outside school activities, as I had no one to take me to and fro. I was very active within the school, however: band, choir, an after school sewing club, and on the yearbook staff... More >>

I enjoyed reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett a few years back, and tonight I finally watched the film version to gear up for the upcoming Oscars. More >>

Have you heard about Modamily? More >>

It is with a sickness in my heart that I write this email... Recently a local home day care was shut down. When social services entered the home, they found infants and toddlers strapped in car seats in closets with the doors shut and the lights off. More >>

Our family is not overscheduled, with our two children (10 and 13) but it is a busier routine than we ever experienced 40 years ago when we were their same age. My husband and I often discuss this. More >>

You probably know about it or have seen the YouTube video that has millions, and millions of people viewing it -- probably again and again. This dad shot "dead" his teenage daughter's laptop. More >>