Big Picture Parenting

My kids and I read the Cam Jansen series years ago - for those not familiar, she was a kid detective who had a photographic memory and all s...

This is one of those weeks where so many different things made me think of this I just had to write something about it. We’re about to spe...

Milestones are a special and unique time for all of us where we can celebrate an achievement or a life changing event. They’re usually times...

Everywhere we go these days we’re surrounded by people in masks.  Sometimes as I’m running through the park passing them I wonder who they a...

Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt...the saying goes. Some problems are so clear and so easy for us to identify that the idea that our chi...

I have big ideas for things to discuss this week but I wanted to put out a quick Mother’s Day post - an ode to the unsung heroes: For the...

Most of us are taking these days one at a time. The idea of planning right now seems both terrifying and counter productive. And yet we need...

First, I have to thank everyone for their positive feedback lately - it makes me feel so good knowing that we can support each other through...

I’m sure I’m not the only one who has had my rough days with teenage attitude trapping me in a house where we’re all already trapped. There ...

Scroll through any social media feed these days and you see one person after another urging you to make memories with your kids during these...

As we navigate this new normal that has become our daily lives, I’m sure I’m not the only one who is struggling with feeling confident and c...

We just finished Passover, the holiday that transitions us from a slave nation to free people, able to worship G-d in our own manner. There’...

A Different Kind of Holiday This post is dedicated to my mom, may she live and be well and stay far away from Coronavirus! As the world ...

This week I’m just going totally off script and doing something different. We’re in the midst of absolute chaos. Our world has ground to a...

I think it’s safe to say we are living through unprecedented times. The entire world is in chaos. Our schools and institutions are shut down...

Everyone has fears - sometimes we know what they are very clearly and other times they come at us so suddenly they take us by surprise. A fe...

The world is going fairly crazy over the Coronavirus - and I get it, these things are scary and overwhelming. I’m not a Doctor or a scientis...

We all compare. We say we don’t but let’s face it - everyone does. We try our best not to and yet we still do. We compare ourselves to other...

Picture this - your child is invited to a friends house and you aren't 100% sure that you are comfortable with the other family's ru...

This week was amazing. It’s not often in the daily grind that we get to say that so I had to lead with it. As I’ve mentioned in the past, I ...