Parenting

By Melissa Stefanec  | MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com I am officially 150-parenting-columns old. That means I’ve been doling out advice and baring my soul to total strangers for

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

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

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

Remember those simpler times when the world divided moms into two categories? By Melissa Stefanec       MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Not too long ago, there were

We have to coach our negatively wired brains to find and embrace the AND. When we find it, we need to say it out

By Melissa Stefanec       MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Our society is obsessed with superheroes. When it comes to idolization, many adults (and children alike), put superheroes

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.

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

By Melissa Stefanec      MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com After what feels like months of grayness, snow, rain and cold, my family is more than ready for