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Almost every woman, and definitely every mom, often finds herself over-worked, over-exerted, and over-stressed at some point each week.  Whether it’s the stress of a job that you hate or the stress of playing taxi for your children, mom’s often have trouble allowing themselves to let go enough of stress.
In Ruth Klein’s new book The […]

It seems that going Green is all the rage now, so when I saw Dr. Alan Greene’s new book about green child-rearing, I thought I would take a look at it.
The book is wealth of information.  It takes you from pregnancy to early childhood, giving parents tips on how to reduce their wastefulness, protect their […]

When I competed in my first triathlon in May, I was so nervous that after finishing the swim, I put on my running shoes instead of my biking shoes. So what’s the big deal about that? I have clipless bike pedals meaning that my pedals are only about an inch wide on either […]

In Indiana, the beginning of the school year is less that a week away. My nine-year-old is counting down his days of freedom. My thirteen-year-old is actually excited, because she would like more contact with her friends. And my three-year-old is looking forward to going to his school “with the blue floor, […]

It’s *gulp* the end of July and we are finally getting into the swing of summer. One of the activities that we let slide for the first bit of summer was reading. It wasn’t intentional, but bedtimes were pushed back, company was plenty, and routines were discarded in favor of freedom. […]