Perspectives In Parenting

13000 miles. That's how far away my lovely mummy is right now, and most of the time. Before we moved to the US we were still over 3000 miles apart. For 7 years we have been thousands of miles apart....

Social media is all the rage right now - Instagram, Facebook, Periscope, Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, and the list goes on. Basically, you name it, someone is using it. These days, people use the different social media channels for so many...

This week has been rough.  Do you ever have one of those weeks where you just want to walk away? Literally, walk out the door and drive into the unknown.  This has been one of those weeks.  By the...

Birthdays, whether we like it or not, are a universally celebrated milestone. Jewish culture commemorates with a bar/bat mitzvah, Mexican culture with a quinceañera.  Korean custom does not disappoint with the first birthday or doljanchi (dol). Dol celebrations stemmed from an unfortunate Korean past of high infant mortality...

Social Media - it's the elephant in the room, isn't it? How so many people's lives appear perfect because now we can filter what we want the world to see. I am not sure exactly when I realized it, but...

"Mom......you are soooo annoying!"  I hear this quite a bit from my teenager and it always surprises me because I am really cool.  Well, at least I think I am? I'm a younger mom for having a teenager, I dress...

As Mother's Day approaches every year, I am brought back to the day in 2003 that I lost my mom. I was blessed to be with her for eighteen years of my life before she was taken from me...

I get frustrated A LOT.  Before I became a mother, I am pretty sure I never used to get this frustrated. I can’t help it! My 4-year-old daughter is “people-stop-us-in-the-street” adorable, but she is precocious, incredibly stubborn, verbal beyond her years...

Growing up I never knew my family was different. Looking back now through the lens of my own family, I realize that having three half brothers and two step-siblings is a veritable melting pot of temperaments, and I wouldn’t...

Do you ever see your child's actions and wonder, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?! I have those thoughts almost every single day.  It's only when I start to remember how ridiculous I was when I was a kid that I realize people...

There are so many places to see dinosaurs in SoCal! Does your kid love dinosaurs much as mine? He is a man of few words, but many of those words are ridiculously long dinosaur names that I am amazed he can...

In the past few years, I have seen some of the people I love dearest experience grief. More recently I experienced it myself, and it has changed me in a way I think will be forever.  I lost my dearest...

I'm learning to accept the truth - my husband and I are going to always have two views on parenting. Don't get me wrong we are a united front and have the same values on parenting. Of course it helps...

When we considered leaving the UK and taking a position that gave us scope for adventure, ensuring we went to an English speaking country was top of my list. I've since realized that there are many subtle differences between...