How I Started My Own Business After Having Kids
By Guest Blogger Sydney D. Richardson, Ph. D. I come from a family of entrepreneurs. My grandmother decided that she no longer wanted to be a maid, so she got her cosmetology license and opened her own salon. She retired when she was around 80 years old. My mother...
One Dad’s Perspective In Homeschooling His ADHD Daughter During COVID
By Guest Blogger Juan Santos M.S., CRC, LCMHC As a parent, watching my kids grow and learn during COVID, I can tell you that I am amazed and proud to see how they are navigating such difficult waters. Parenting and homeschooling a child with ADHD is a ball game of its...
Making Time for Intimacy During a Pandemic
By Guest Blogger Gray Moulton, LMFT, PLLC It’s a question I have been asked numerous times over the last six months, “How do we manage sex during Covid 19 quarantining with the kids?” Now some of you might be thinking, “Sex?!? Are you serious? My partner is driving me...
Open Letter on Virtual Learning from a Frazzled Mom
By TMoM team member Kelly Hines Dear Principals Everywhere, First of all, let me say THANK YOU. For real, my gosh. This whole e-learning thing has really thrown a monkey wrench in everything, and I really appreciate all the teachers and staff have done to try to keep...
Quarantine Puppy Tales
By TMoM Team Member Laura Simon Yep, I got a quarantine puppy. So did approximately 67 percent of America, so please don’t judge. What else are you supposed to do when faced by day after unrelenting day…at home? Besides, I’ve wanted a dog for 15 years. This wasn’t a...
Ellen’s Book Nook — September 2020: Favorite Cookbooks
By Guest Blogger Ellen Bryant Lloyd I love to cook. I enjoy following recipes that intrigue me and making up new creations from an assortment of items in my refrigerator and pantry. For me, time spent in the kitchen is fun, relaxing and fulfilling. I remember...
Trying Times At An E-learning Center
By Guest Blogger Julie Fritz Can we be honest for a minute? E-learning is hard. It’s hard for parents, it’s hard for teachers, hard for counselors, and hard for students. Nothing about our children being in a virtual classroom for the first nine weeks of school is...
Riding the Waves of Depression and Anxiety: Hope for Suicide Prevention
By Guest Blogger Jessica Tudor "A fish cannot live without water." That is what a friend told me a few weeks after my husband, Louis, took his own life. Took his own life. That is a phrase I never thought I would use when discussing my husband. Louis was a devoted...
Surviving Deployments with 4 Kids
By Guest Blogger Meka Harrell, author of the blog Hanging with the Harrells On this day, I can't help but think about my husband. Currently we are halfway through his deployment. He left the states with 3 kids and a pregnant wife, come November he will be able to meet...
Co-Parenting Effectively After Divorce
By Guest Blogger Camila Dos Santos, M.Ed., HRI Program Coordinator The Healthy Relationships Initiative promotes happy, healthy, and safe relationships of all kinds and provides resources for marriages in distress. But when divorce is the healthiest way forward, how...
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