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Successful Family Meal Time: Why it may be your Key to a Thriving Family
Let’s be honest, on a day-to-day basis, the idea of family dinner night can seem overwhelming. It can feel like an impossible feat to prepare a meal that everyone will eat – let alone appreciate. By the time all the kids are corralled and present at the table, somehow utensils turn into weapons and everyone…
Family Traditions: Do They Really Matter?
I often hear that one of the biggest hang-ups with family traditions is that they are just one more thing to do. We are already tired and stretched so thin, how are we supposed to manage another thing? Do you ever experience that same feeling? The time comes for you to implement a tradition that…
How to Stop Kids from Interrupting
[one-half-first] [/one-half-first][one-half] [/one-half][clear] The September 2014 edition of Parent’s Magazine featured me in their article on how to keep kids from interrupting. Children interrupting is one of the more aggravating aspects of parenting. It can seem that no matter how hard you try, teaching preschoolers appropriate manners feels like a losing battle. In…
When Marriage Therapy is not a Good Idea
Marriage therapy, like any form of therapy, may not be an appropriate option in certain situations. While it can be highly beneficial for many couples, there are some instances where it may not be the best course of action. This is specifically true for intensive couples therapy. Here are a few situations where marriage therapy…
How to Help Someone Grieve: Casseroles or Kleenex?
Three years ago last month some of our dear friends, Andrea and Tyler Gasser, lost their four month old little boy, Beckett. She went upstairs to her bedroom to wake him up from a nap only to find him unconscious. Days in the pediatric ICU did not revive him. I remember when I received the…
Mom, Can I Have More Screen Time? – How we are Surviving the Summer
As a parent, I try really hard to say “Yes” as much as I can, but this summer, I have found myself saying “No” more than I would like. This week I had to do something to break that cycle. One of our biggest challenges this summer is the excessive asking for screen time. It…
Seven Top Educational Preschool Apps
The other day I was letting my three-year old plan on the iPad next to me in the office. I looked down and saw he was watching a little cartoon that had a naked female statue. Shocked (okay, horrified), I took the iPad away and tried to figure out how something like that got past…
When is Sibling Teasing Too Much?
How do you know when sibling teasing becomes too much? There can be a fine line between playful banter and nasty comments. Siblings are close enough to know your quirks, your fears and your weaknesses — the good, the bad and the ugly. For someone in such a trusted role to say hurtful things can…
Surviving Residency: 10 Things I Learned While My Husband was a Surgery Resident
It’s July…Happy New Year! I know, most people celebrate New Years in January, but for some of us, July 1st is the start of the “new year.” See, I’m married to a doctor and my husband has been in training for the past 11 years…with two more to go. Four years of medical school, five years of general surgery…
Tip #1 – Surviving Residency and Making Medical Marriages Work
Believe that medical marriages work – even if the chosen path is surgery. Surviving residency with your marriage intact is possible! I wish someone had told me that. Okay, people did tell me that, but only people who didn’t really know. “Oh, it will be fine. Just think about how great it will be when he is…