By May Anderson As a working mom, I have very limited time to spend with my child. I want to make sure that the time I do get with him is fun, educational, and strengthening to our relationship. As my toddler gets bigger and learns new things, I can’t help but to wonder what I…
By Amber Bennett Every day when I drop my kids off at school I tell them two things: I love you and have fun at school. To me it is important for them to know that even if I’m not there, I’m thinking of them and that I love them. This is even more important…
By Viridiana Word I have always loved being a working mom. My career in education is a demanding one, but one that I have worked really hard to accomplish, and one that brings me a lot of joy and satisfaction. Despite the pride I take in the work that I do, however, I have always…
By Viridiana Word When you are a working parent, getting your child to excel academically seems like an even harder task, since we are working on limited time, with (very) limited energy. The never-ending battle over homework and grades seems to be an even steeper hill to climb, especially when you are not available at…
By: Jackie Ybarra How to build mental toughness doesn’t seem like a topic I should be writing about to an audience of mothers. After all, it’s mothers who feel the power and pain of childbirth, often teetering the line between life and death. It’s mothers who give so much of their physical and mental self…
By Alysha Lundgren Sometimes life just wears you down and it always seems to happen when you don’t have the time to destress. Or, at least that’s how it feels! In my preschool class, the other teachers and I spend our whole day being “on”. The kids keep me going and they keep me motivated,…
We surveyed hundreds of moms and got the best responses to “You might be a working mom if…” Here they go: You might be a working mom if… Your baby only gets a bath like twice a week…. Oops You rarely get a babysitter for “date night” or to do something fun or for yourself…
By Amber Bennett Every year the ball drops and we make a promise to ourselves that this year will be different. We decide we’ll lose weight, quit yelling at the kids, start meal prepping, or some other thing we’ve never done before but feels like we should be doing to be a “better mom” (whatever…