Parenting Wisdom

My youngest started high school this year. My little itty bitty baby (who just happens to be six inches taller than I am) is a freshman. And my oldest is a junior - making moves to get out of...

There’s just something about those long summer days that make us want to stay up late and enjoy the sights and sounds of sweet summertime. Back-to-school time always brings along a little bit of anxious anticipation and excitement. Sometimes,...

It’s both beautiful and complicated. Being part of two worlds…. Being the best (and, at times, the worst) of two people at the same time. Being from two different cultures and two different races. I, myself, do not have personal knowledge about...

I might be showing my age a bit here, but when I was a girl, I remember listening to cassette tapes on the car rides to church. My mom had a stack of them that she kept in her...

At the end of my senior year in college, I was bummed beyond belief. Yeah, I had a degree, but I was graduating at the height of the 2008 recession, job prospects were low, and I was single! That...

When I first got married, I made a promise to my husband and stepchild that I’d never treat her any differently than my own children. Except, what I didn’t know is that keeping that promise would get progressively harder...

My son is two and half years old. Since he was 17 months, we have been letting him watch some TV. We started with some Kidsongs (a show from the 80s with real children singing songs and dancing). It...

Amanda Mustin is so proud of her daughter Adaline! Adaline is three years old and was crowned Wee Miss Tiny Tot South Carolina 2022. When Amanda reached out to Columbia Mom to share the news, we had to know...

While you’ve probably heard the term “gentle parenting” much more in recent years, there are countless misconceptions about what this parenting approach entails. It goes by several names (including conscious parenting, respectful parenting, peaceful parenting, and authoritative parenting) but...

My husband and I recently did something we haven’t done before: we took a fun vacation with our kids. Don’t get me wrong – we’ve been lucky enough to travel with the girls and haven’t shied away from big, adventurous...

In my journey of parenting, I have found that I have learned more than I have taught. I have two boys aged seventeen and nineteen, and a daughter who is twenty-one years old. It has been a joy and...

We just celebrated our daughter’s seventh birthday with a fun party at our home. It was filled with balloons, cupcakes, and a dozen kids running around our backyard on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. It had all the traditional markings...

What is amazing about television and books, is how much we are able to see or read about other people's life experiences. It is a way to remove ourselves from what we know, our own long-held beliefs, and see...

In my younger years, I spent my summers as a camp counselor. The campers loved playing games at the waterfront, and everyone’s favorite was Greasy Watermelon. Imagine a game of football in the water where you and your teammates...