Parenting

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com For all of those parents out there who don’t spend their valuable time following the Chinese zodiac, 2019 is the

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com If your kid has access to other children or cable TV, chances are they never stop asking for stuff. It’s

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Parents live in a world of incessant judgment and feedback. We get it from family, friends, acquaintances and strangers. We

It’s time women reclaimed their bodies By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com I am about to write some contentious things. If you are the sort of

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Summer — it’s a time for so many wonderful things. Family vacation, time with friends, playing outside, exercise, farmer’s markets,

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Recently, my family decided we needed more kittens in our lives. As card-carrying cat people, we already have two lovely

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com As human beings, we can’t help but judge one another. When we see others, especially strangers, we are forming opinions

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com It’s a Tuesday night that could be any Tuesday night, in any place and with any family, but it’s my

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Although winter has been slow to release its grasp on our Central New York landscape, spring can’t remain in the

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com It happens at grocery stores, schools, department stores, restaurants, the workplace and just about any place parents frequent. It starts