A new year is quickly approaching and that means a fresh start. Among the most common new year resolutions, money goals often take the lead. In fact, the 2020 New Year Financial Resolutions Study by Fidelity Investments found that 67% of respondents made a financial resolution including saving more, paying down debt and spending less. Considering more Americans than ever are … [Read more...] about 3 Financial Steps to Take Before Year-End
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The Joy Of Parenting Differently
Do you have anyone who has touched your life as a parent – whom you’ve never even met? Nine years ago, after writing Mommy Wars and struggling to find my way as a new mom of three kids, I started writing a daily online parenting blog for washingtonpost.com. “On Balance” became a surprise hit among moms, dads, babysitters, grandparents, teachers and pediatricians. People … [Read more...] about The Joy Of Parenting Differently
Talking To Your Kids About Your Cancer Diagnosis
The following is a guest post from Hollye Jacobs, RN, MS, MSW In October, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. As a healthy, happy, vegan-eating, marathon running mother with no family history, my diagnosis rocked my world. As a nurse and social worker, I now found myself on the other side of the bed. As much as I wish that I could have shielded my husband and children … [Read more...] about Talking To Your Kids About Your Cancer Diagnosis
The Pitfalls Of Teaching Our Daughters To Be “Nice”
In one short, 12-day span, The New York Times published two articles that serves as feminist bookends, of a sort, regarding the pitfalls facing women when we try to be too darn nice. The first was Catherine Newman’s “I Do Not Want My Daughter to Be Nice." In the piece, this 40-something mother explains why she does not instruct her ten-year-old daughter to smile at … [Read more...] about The Pitfalls Of Teaching Our Daughters To Be “Nice”
Brave New Dads
Now here’s a concept that would have made my '70s mom spit out her martini: Dads who kvetch about the frustrations and joys of changing diapers, setting up playdates, and the best products to use to clean vomit off a highchair. What would have amazed her even more: hundreds of these dads gather annually at daddy conferences. The get-togethers are just as glitzy as … [Read more...] about Brave New Dads