Parenting

By Melissa Stefanec As a middle-class parent, the holidays fill me with sugar, spice — and a little dash of dread. It’s not the

By Melissa Stefanec American Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. It gives me a chance to combine two of life’s most wonderful things—gratitude

Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Last month’s column was really heavy. It was also polarizing, bold and self-revealing. It dealt with abortion and I highly recommend

By Melissa Stefanec elissaStefanec@yahoo.com As a woman and a parent, the last couple of months have been a dark time. I’ve felt hopeless, powerless,

By Melissa Stefanec When you’re raising children, you’re bound to learn some universal truths. One of those truths is: you can’t make another human

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com These past few weeks, I’ve been thinking about the problem of gun violence in America, especially mass shootings.  Mass shootings

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Being a woman means being exposed to certain things—certain undesirable things. One of these things is jokes at the expense

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com I had numerous serious topics I wanted to address this month: How to teach your child self care; the weight

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Since becoming a parent, nothing has been the same. My sense of reality has been forever altered. I’ve discovered emotional