By Melissa Stefanec | MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com If you’re a fellow parent, your day might have looked something like mine. It was likely just as crazy, because
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A Bad Rap: Gentle Parenting
By Melissa Stefanec | MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Recently, my family was sitting around the dinner table. My 12-year-old daughter had just joined us, fresh from an hour
Resolution: Mommy Is Going Elemental
By Melissa Stefanec | MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com One of my favorite ways to nerd out is to dig into some etymology. I love learning how words
Hybrid Motherhood
Remember those simpler times when the world divided moms into two categories? By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Not too long ago, there were
AND, Save Us!
We have to coach our negatively wired brains to find and embrace the AND. When we find it, we need to say it out
What’s in a Team?
By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Our society is obsessed with superheroes. When it comes to idolization, many adults (and children alike), put superheroes
An Ordinary Midsummer Bucket List
By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com In Shakespeare’s iconic play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” there are jaded lovers, mischievous fairies, spells and love triangles.
The Beauty of Being Terrible
By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com As the parent of two children who enjoy making music, the end of the school year meant quite a few
Is Your Vehicle Ready for Summer?
By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com After what feels like months of grayness, snow, rain and cold, my family is more than ready for
Adolescent Girls Are So …
By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com What would you say if you were asked to finish that headline? Would you say difficult? Or maybe 13