My aversion to toys is well-known to my family and friends and well-documented throughout this newsletter and website. There are few things that bother me more than toy clutter all over my house. It really affects my mood and my patience and tolerance toward my children. I’m not supposed to think or say that out […]

My Facebook memories are full of status updates and pictures from five years ago, right before I was about to give birth to our first child. It’s funny looking back on the memories and reading my thoughts. I was counting down the weeks with no idea that she wouldn’t come on or before her due […]

I’m only one year into this balancing act, but it’s no joke.  At the time I became pregnant with my daughter, I was working as a divorce lawyer for a mid-size law firm in Essex County.  My day-to-day job is demanding, without the complications of morning sickness, fatigue, and swollen feet.  I spend a lot […]

Battleship, scrabble and monopoly were the board games in my closet as a child. They were so much fun to play; however, as parents, we take a closer look at these games to see how they build skills such as critical thinking, deductive reasoning, a strong vocabulary and an understanding of finance. It is not […]

Before I had Jackson I thought that separation anxiety was a myth, that it was something that parents who had trouble parting with their kids made up. I thought a lot of things before I had kids and most of them turned out to be false. Though with Jackson separation anxiety was rarely a problem. […]