We spontaneously removed our family’s television a month ago, wrapped up it up, set it in the hall closet, and rearranged the living room. At once, we...

Mark and I always knew thirteen would be a monumental year for our children. We want it to be. The teen years are such a...

Childhood art is magnificent, isn’t it? Children have a way of seeing and coloring the world in the early years without the constraints of reality, without...

A simple act or word of kindness can be a light for the soul, so can be a listening ear. From personal experience, the two are...

I’m not quite sure how or at what point the word bored enters a child’s vernacular, but it has here. In the last six months...

I took these images a few weeks ago on a typical Sunday morning at home: the kids piled in my bed playing; my planner and...

Everyone likes having a little cash in their pocket, even if it’s not much. There’s a freedom of choice attached to pocket money, a subconscious...

Dearest children, We are now several weeks into our school year and have been reading oodles of fables together lately, samples from the more familiar Aesop’s...

Olive turned six on Wednesday, and I still can hardly believe it. To celebrate in a small and simple way, we invited a few of...

We pierced your ears last weekend, a gift and milestone for your eighth year. You sat straight and still, without so much as a flinch,...