...'What's a charity?' they both asked. It felt difficult to explain, and I weighed my words carefully. My children have seen homeless men and women on the street, asking for money, food, etc. Each time we give money and each time my husband and I carefully try to explain why it is that some people go without the basics that we are so fortunate to have... More >>

It's unbelievably difficult to teach kids values these days because they don't often see those values operating around them. Here are 5 values you absolutely must teach your kids... More >>

My husband and I started a business and I went back to work for the first time in 20 years. We joined the Chamber of Commerce and I went to hear an Olympic gold medalist speak even though I know 0 about the Olympics. More >>

The most sacred part of my day comes right before I sleep, when I slip into my daughter's room, crouch next to her bed and press my lips against her forehead and place my cheek on top of hers... More >>

My mom has been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's four years ago, at the age of 63. Two years ago, she developed Parkinson's disease, and my dad has been her sole caregiver for the last four years... More >>

In a society where we women are empowered to 'take back our rights!,' I notice that we also don't want to have ownership of our 'wrongs'... More >>

When I hear mothers calling your show and whining about not wanting to quit work because they want to keep up with the Joneses, I groan... More >>

I've been listening to you in my car while picking them up from school for at least six years. At first, they whined and were annoyed by all the callers and their problems, but I liked that the wisdom they were getting would eventually sink in along with the words my husband and I shared with them... More >>

There was a time when what we did as parents and lovers was sacred. Private. Our own meaningful traditions that helped create the new family we were forming together. It was the way we made our family separate from our parents or the neighbors... More >>

When you reward bad behavior, you literally wire your child's brain to repeat the bad behavior. No parent intends to do that, but it happens so easily. When you know how, you will reward only good behavior, and give your child a good start... More >>