Parenting

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com It’s back-to-school season, but September 2020 has parents weighing more complicated things than school-supply budgets and first-day outfits. We parents

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com In these uncertain times, it’s easy to rely on an old-time parenting hack. It’s the one that allows us to

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com We are facing unprecedented crises. Between a global pandemic and global protests, 2020 is changing life as we know it.

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com If there is one thing our fractured society might actually be able to agree on right now, it’s none of

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com • This won’t be my best column. I’d love to write something witty, something to make others laugh, something to

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com As screens demand more and more of our attention, many people are looking for ways to spend less time basking

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com As this column won’t run until March, most of us will have forgotten the scandal surrounding Super Bowl LIV’s halftime

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Last month, I wrote about my New Year’s resolutions. What I failed to recognize is resolutions are for middle-aged or

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com For the past few years, I’ve dedicated my January column to “Mommy’s resolutions.” I wasn’t always one for New Year’s

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com As parents, we want to have answers for our kids. We want to be a beacon of truth in a