Parenting

By Melissa Stefanec If you read any parenting blogs or travel in parenting circles, you often hear people throw around the phrase “helicopter parent.”

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Being the parent of young children means being on the end of societal criticism. I have to imagine this is

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Recently, I came across an interesting toy advertisement. It showed a little girl happily tinkering with a 14-piece carpenter’s set.

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com In an age where Marie Kondo is a household name, the state of our homes has become a very public

By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com Parents today have access to so much information. Generations before us had to rely on a combination of people, books,

What sort of expectations do I have for my children? By Melissa Stefanec MelissaStefanec@yahoo.com As we make our way through life, we become collectors

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