From First Steps to the Walk of Pomp and Circumstance
It is graduation season, and we have two in the house this year – one from college and one from high school! Number 1 and Number 3 have...
Top 10 Tips: Stay at Home Dad Wisdom
I am getting old. Number 1 is graduating from college next month and then a week later, Number 3 is graduating from high school. That...
Wise Wisdom When I Was Willing
We have come to the point in life when we turn to the kids for advice, and not just about modern technology and social media, but real...
Milestones, Memories and Moving On
So this week, there were a number of firsts in the Reed-Becker family. Number 1 is graduating from college next month and this week she...
Taking Home the Trophy for Kindness
I got caught up in the hype, and reinforced the competitive spirit that I was tying to soothe. After a dose of self-reflection, I...
Home Run for Me Puts Wife’s Game Into Extra Innings
Our year of weekly blogging about our life and our book, ZagZig Parenting, went by with little celebration on our part, and as I write...
I Miss the One Who Thought of Me as Just Another B@!ch!
So, it happened. It was something I had been dreading for some time, and I could not have anticipated more than twelve years ago, when...
Even Teens and Young Adults Have Priceless, Precious Moments
We all talk about and live through the teenage-to-young adults moments that make us as parents roll our eyes or unleash our tongues –...
Overcoming Obstacles, Rejection Recovery and Living and Learning Through it All
There is just no way to sugarcoat this one. It stinks. Any time your child goes through rejection, disappointment or coming in forth...
Mama Bear Cares for Her Heirs
My wife is very good at holding up the mirror to me and sometimes I don’t really like the result. I don’t mean the mirror we all use to...
