Parenting

By Melissa Stefanec  |  MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com   There is no way to mentally prepare for being a parent. Most of us go to great lengths

By Melissa Stefanec  |  MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com   For most kids, summer vacation is a time of fewer obligations. It’s a time for kids to relax

By Melissa Stefanec  |  MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com   If you are planning a Mother’s Day celebration for the special mom(s) in your life look no further.

By Melissa Stefanec  |  MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com   Forget the executive orders. Forget the division. Forget everything you learned in high school biology. Instead, I want

By Melissa Stefanec  |  MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com   In 2016, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine made some pretty wild recommendations about how much sleep kids

By Melissa Stefanec  |  MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com As a parent, I see a lot of things normalized that I wish weren’t. Things like violence, hypersexualization, gender

By Melissa Stefanec  |  MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com A certain concept has made the rounds in many parenting circles. I don’t know how I feel about this

By Melissa Stefanec  |  MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com My daughter is entering her last year of middle school and she and her friends are navigating some difficult

By Melissa Stefanec  |  MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Middle school and junior high are challenging times for many adolescents. When I was that age, I was constantly

By Melissa Stefanec  |  MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Tonight, I feel like an awful parent. I feel like a failure. These feelings don’t happen very often, but when