Poor Logan. He had a pretty good cough going when he left for school, but every time he gets a cold, it stirs up his asthma, so I chalked the cough mostly up to that. I arrived home from picking up groceries today to find him on the couch, sleepily...

After a 4-day hiatus, I wanted to write something profound, pass on some gem of parenting advice or otherwise compose a post worthy of a Stumble or Digg. It’s not going to happen though, folks, as I find myself sitting here feeling like I’m living...

Congratulations to Karry from Ontario, Canada, winner of the Modest Middles giveaway! Thanks to everyone who entered the drawing. ♦      ♦     ♦     ♦     ♦     ♦     ♦      ♦      ♦     ...

My mom always told my two sisters and me when we were growing up to treat each other better than anyone else because someday we’d be each others’ best friends. Yeah, right, I’d think to myself. There is NO way I’m going to be best friends with these...

One word: Distraction. It’s one of the best lessons I ever learned from my kids’ paternal grandmother. Toddlers have notoriously short attention spans. They also have very few resources from which to draw to know how to effectively and calmly express...