On Saturday morning, my 5-year-old hip-bumped his 1 year old brother in the head, knocking him onto his butt. And clearly on purpose. Putting my best mom voice on, I grabbed his shoulder with one hand, pointed to the corner of the room and said, “TIME OUT, NOW!” He looked at me, with clear confusion […]
When Boca Super Dad and I had our daughter, we were the first in our circle to have kids. TBH, our lack of “parent” friends made parenthood lonely, hard, and confusing. And while we loved our pre-parent friends, there were some things that they couldn’t relate to. We were torn with how to balance our […]
You know those Facebook articles about how much better things were when we were kids? The ones that talk about the days when kids were bored and okay with it? The ones that remind us of the days when kids played outside, knocked on their neighbors’ doors (without texting first), and came home when the […]
We moved to Boca from Nevada in the summer of 2014, just as my oldest child was about to enter Kindergarten. Coming from a state that ranks low in education, I had one requirement for our new home – It had to be in a top-rated school zone. I spent weeks researching the areas, the […]