I couldn’t believe it when my daughter asked if I had 15-minutes to waste on Sunday evening.
She had just created a 15-minute flash video with music and special effects layered over original artwork and photographs all created by her.
The fact that she asked if I had 15-minutes “to waste” I know was my daughter’s [...]

When the children come home from college what expectations do you have for them and for you?
I’d love to know as I’m still new at this.  I know I’m excited about the pending return of my daughter. But I also know that I’m planning way too much for the short time that she will be [...]

The following is a guest post by Kelly McCausey.
To be painfully honest, I used to worry about these days I now live in.  My son is eighteen and he is on his way to leading his own life.  He has his own agenda and doesn’t have to ask me permission for much of [...]

Now that our eldest is off to college it’s been sort of quiet at the house with the just the three of us there.  Without “big sister” there for William to annoy the playful (and not so playful) yelling - “Get of my room”, etc. - has ceased.
I’m alright with that, it’s natural, kids grow [...]

One of the things I’ve learned is that it isn’t enough to “tell” your teen to be active since we know teens aren’t known for being overly receptive to parental advice.   As a parent you have to be pretty creative as well.  It will take the both of you to make this happen.
A couple of [...]

I just came back from a wonderful weekend visiting with my daughter who is away at college. She’s our eldest child and this is her first year, so of course this “first visit” couldn’t come soon enough for this helicopter parent.  I hate to admit it but I’m one of those parents who hover around [...]

Up until now I had mercifully been spared the whole issue of establishing curfews. My teen son seemed quite happy to stay home during the week with his family. He was also quite happy with our arrangement of no malls and no driving in cars driven by teens.
Well that all seems to be changing now.  [...]

No sooner do we move one child into college we have to start the process all over again with our second child who is a Junior in High School.
We’re getting ready to take him on a number of trips this fall to visit college campuses so that he’ll have a better idea of the schools [...]

We are like new parents all over again.  I remember wanting to pick my daughter up, even when all she was doing was yawning.  I’d stare at her sleeping just to make sure she was breathing.  She was so precious to us then.
Well she’s every bit as precious now even though she’s almost 6 ft [...]