Looking for a totally discouraging experience?  Follow these proven steps to motherhood angst, and you’ll be on your way! First:  observe your toddler throwing the most irrational tantrums – knocking down dining room chairs, biting his big brother, hitting the dog, violently pullings plugs out of the wall, and clearing the kitchen counters with huge [...]

Last night my 13yo daughter suffered a freak “crush injury,” and I don’t mean the cute boy at school snubbed her in the hallway. My husband and 15yo and 13yo daughters were coming home with dinner from the store.  My husband had told my 13yo he wanted her to pull the trash can up from [...]