Character, Compassion, and Confucius

Today’s post is the last in our Parenting Around the World series based on Christine Gross-Loh’s Parenting Without Borders. You can read more about our next venture, The Brilliant Book Club for Parents, here. Completing these last chapters from Parenting...
The Best Laid Plans…

The Best Laid Plans…

I’m a planner. An organizer. A scheduler. I still have a notebook from when I was in junior high, where I scheduled my morning getting-ready routine {e.g., 5:00am shower, 5:10am get dressed, 5:12am do hair.} Seriously. I love binders. And structure. And routine. And I...
Announcing the Brilliant Book Club! {And a Giveaway}

Announcing the Brilliant Book Club! {And a Giveaway}

My dear readers, I am so excited about this! Today I am launching a book club for parents with four other amazing bloggers! Because parenting is complex. Our intuition, our personality, our child’s unique temperament, our family wisdom, and, honestly, sheer accident...
CTFD: The Tao of Parenting

CTFD: The Tao of Parenting

“Hold childhood in reverence, and do not be in any hurry to judge it for good or ill…. You assert that you know the value of time and are afraid to waste it…. You are afraid to see him spending his early years doing nothing. What! is it nothing to be...

What a Renaissance Man Taught Me About Identity

As my husband got up to shower, I scooped up the little new addition to our family. Normally, I would have been doing my pre-mama morning “things I love” ~ reading the paper, enjoying coffee, or, most likely, sleeping in. Instead, I went downstairs as I held my sweet...
Back to School: E-Courses You’ll Truly Love

Back to School: E-Courses You’ll Truly Love

I know it’s still the middle of August, but Back to School is everywhere! As a teacher, I love back to school season. Freshly sharpened pencils. Brand new notebooks ready to be filled with ideas and inspiration. Unblemished 3-ring binders with fresh sheet...