Perspectives in Parenting

When I was eight years old, I lived in an RV. Not like a trailer park RV, but an actual RV on wheels with a hitch, parked in the middle of a dirt yard where “dreams” of building a home...

First of all, THANK YOU for even thinking enough of my kid to buy them a present. You didn’t have to do it, but we sure love you for it! Anything that you took the time to pick out,...

I am that mom at events taking pictures and videos with a doofy smile on my face. I try hard to get a good spot, as peeking between heads is just not okay with me. Towards the front or...

How many of us have it in our heads that we are bad at something, because of one thing another person told us when we were younger? A passing whispered comment about your kids like, “She’s not very good...

Since the birth of our daughter four years ago, I’ve worn many different career hats. I've worked a typical 9-5 in-office schedule, I’ve worked remotely, I’ve been a stay-at-home mom, and I’ve made my own hours working for myself. Here’s...

Amber Weakley is doing big things. She is a mother, wife, daughter, sister, and friend. She is working on her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at The Citadel, she is the Outreach Coordinator for Postpartum Support...

I've been a mother for a decade. A whole decade of motherhood! My little boy turned 10 years old on the last day of September. He's almost as tall as I am and wears the same size shoes as me....

I am not sure what age others consider appropriate for kids to run around completely unsupervised . . . at a busy water park . . . for a birthday party. But for me, five or six years old...

My 13-year-old daughter recently decided to retheme her room to make it more teen and less little girl. I fully supported the endeavor because, y’all, there was A LOT of junk up in there. But what I did not anticipate...

Yesterday was the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on our great country. It is crazy to think that right now, a majority of us mothers have children who have no idea about that day besides what they hear...