by Betsy McMillin I truly don’t know how to do justice to long-time Ann Arbor Public Schools teacher Rick Dekeon. Anyone who knows him knows exactly what I am talking about. He is by far one of the most amazing teachers you will ever come across, and I have hundreds of people who are nodding their [...]
by Betsy McMillin Any time you read about youth in America, you are bound to happen upon the obesity epidemic currently sweeping the nation. The overall health of our kids is at risk due to horrible diets, lack of exercise/active life styles, days filled with video games and computers as well as way too much [...]
by Betsy McMillin If you had told me, in the first twelve years as a parent, that I would be one to partake in the Family Bed (a.k.a. co-sleeping), I would have flatly said that you were without a doubt wrong, wrong, wrong. I remember hearing at that same time about an acquaintance with twin [...]
by Kristina Lakes I will admit that I avoided looking at what was happening at first. I am a positive, hopeful, can-do type of person. After the pediatrician prescribed a second round of antibiotics for my son who had strep throat, I didn’t worry, I just bought more vitamins. For extra insurance, I made him take [...]
by Darla Carmichael I was going through my facebook photo albums yesterday, reminiscing about when my five-year-old was still a baby/toddler. There are no pictures from the hospital when he was born and only a couple quick, fuzzy snap shots from the subsequent year that was such a mix of turmoil and chaos for us. [...]
by Sophia van Buren She sat there on the couch across from me, arms crossed, chin slightly jutting out from her face, her sharp features contorted into a look of disapproval. Her pale blue eyes looked sternly into mine, like a mother admonishing a child. It was a look I’d seen before, many times. Every [...]
by Kristina Lakes I don’t understand IEP’s. If you are blessed enough to not have a child on one, you might not know that it stands for Individualized Education Plan. Basically, it means that if your child has “special needs,” he or she will receive curriculum accommodations in school. This could be anything from getting [...]
by Sophia van Buren For the past eight years, I’ve adopted and grown into both the idea and reality of being a role reversal model of the mother as the non-custodial parent, but if current trends continue, the percentage of non-custodial parents will shrink. That is because recent trends indicate that more progressive state laws are [...]
by Betsy McMillin Happy 2012 to all my readers! When another year approaches, parents always look ahead with a fresh, new perspective, hoping that the New Year will bring better parenting. More patience, more fun times together, more understanding, more effective parenting techniques, more love all the way around. I am no different. We recently [...]
by Betsy McMillin This article is my Holiday gift to you. No advice, no deep thoughts, just the gift of a thought: “Thank God I don’t have to travel with six kids.” Many of you will be traveling soon, by car, plane, train. And yes, we all have our horror stories of that awful trip: [...]
