Month: January 2016
What You Should Know Before You Complain About Getting Old…
“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were?” – Satchel Paige (baseball legend whose successful career lasted into his 60’s) Its my birthday this week and aging is on my mind. Just saying that word triggers a slight twinge of despair, a sense of the inevitable onward march of time. I think its often worse for women than men, but we all feel the pang. Recently …
How to Pass the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE)
There are many reasons that a private school may be the best choice for your child. Some children flourish in programs that allow them to focus on language or arts programs that may not be offered in public middle or high schools in the area. For introverted students, the personalized attention and small classroom sizes…
5 Lessons Learned From My 100 Yr Old Grandma
There’s no question, I’m pretty lucky to still have a grandma. This particular Grandma is pretty special for a few reasons. She was one of 21 children born in Ireland to her entrepreneurial parents. Grandma went on to have many children herself – she had babies in the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60s. She often…
5 Reasons Why You Should Let Go Of Mom Guilt
When I went back to work after my twins were born, I felt tremendous guilt. Granted it was only 20 hours a week, with a good chunk of that working from home, but the guilt was real. Shouldn’t I spend every waking hour with my new babies? Wouldn’t a good mother want to stay at…
School Lunch Savvy: My Family’s Cafeteria Compromise
For the most part, our kids are pretty easy to feed. They usually eat the things that we put in front of them and if there’s something new on their plate the rule is they have to at least try it, but they don’t have to eat it if they don’t like.