Are there certain things you find incredibly annoying when flying? Maybe you are guilty of doing one, or more, of these things when you are on an airplane. Let’s take a minute to review a list of things you should stop doing on an airplane for the sake of other travelers. 1. Don’t put your […]
How Do You Take Unique Experiences and Inspire Your Kids?
I spent roughly the first 16 years of my life in Wyoming. As you may or may not know, there really isn’t much to do in Wyoming beyond watching the grass grow. I moved to the Washington, DC area in high school and haven’t looked back. Living in a major metropolitan area, many opportunities to […]
Sacrifice for Your Kids
Sacrifice. “When I hear people talk about juggling, or the sacrifices they make for their children, I look at them like they’re crazy, because ‘sacrifice’ infers that there was something better to do than being with your children.” – Chris Rock As a parent you often find yourself sacrificing for your kids. However, the quote […]
Teaching Kids to Beer Bong?
Both of my daughters were recently sick and generally feeling terrible. Of course when times like these present themselves, you ultimately reach out for some medicine to help them get through it. My go-to elixir is NyQuil. I swear I don’t know why they continue to tell people they are looking for the cure to […]
7 Tips to Get to ESPN
Ahhhh, the fresh aroma of Spring is starting to float through the air. The smell of just-cut grass, newly planted flowers, and that nose burning smell of freshly laid mulch. It’s Springtime and that means one thing…kids Spring season sports! If your kids are like mine, they are pretty much overextended and participating in multiple […]
How to Leave Your Kids
In a couple of days I’ll be leaving my kids. It’s part of being a parent in the corporate world so I guess it comes with the territory. It still makes it really hard to do though. If you find yourself scheduled to take a business trip and you have kids at home, here are […]
3 Ways Teenage Girls May Surprise You
This week was spring break. My daughters obviously look forward to this time of year as they love any time there is a break from school and extracurricular activities. It gives them an opportunity to breathe easy and just relax before hitting the home stretch at school. My youngest daughter headed to a beach house […]
6 Opportunities for Conversation with your Teen/Tween
A Crazy Collabo with Erika Cardamone This post was written in collaboration with Erika Cardamone. I thoroughly enjoyed working with her and learned a great deal during the process. Remember the good ol’ days when families would get home from work and school, a warm home cooked dinner would be prepared, then everyone would sit […]
Setting Goals and Letting Miller’s Law Eat Humble Pi
Everyone probably knows that yesterday was Pi day. This blurb from the ‘official’ Pi website: “Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is […]
How Kids Today are 21st Century Lincolns
What do kids today have in common with one of our most influential presidents from 150 years ago? If your kids are anything like mine I think you’ll be able to relate to this post. As you already know from reading my blog in the past, my kids are extremely busy. I’m constantly driving them […]