She still comes over and tries to stay for as long as possible. I still have to remind her to leave. It’s a work in progress, and maybe it always will be. I never spent much time worrying about parenting adult children. In the early years, I was too busy navigating the complex demands of […]
I embrace the role I have to play in my children’s education through reading, playing, and modeling good behavior. But I also embrace my role in setting boundaries for our children, our family, and myself. I received an email recently from my son’s kindergarten teacher regarding a new bi-monthly project that was presented as “an […]
The conversation about overworked mothers is not new. But what we don’t discuss as often is where—and how—to draw the line. And that nothing will change until we do. One of my favorite movie lines is from Star Trek: First Contact. Jean-Luc Picard is in the midst of a war with the Borg—who once abducted […]
