Simplify: Start the New Year with a Resolve to Ask and Enjoy
We are finally returning to our everyday ZagZig life after zigzagging through the holidays. Two of the kids have returned to their lives...
I Love Drama
On Tuesday night, Number 2 came home! It has been nine months since she was last home, but I say it has been a year because she was only...
When Dad Does Know Best and Mom Learns New Way
After all these years, and now that the kids are teens to young adults, I have to admit that my husband, the two-decade full time dad of...
ZagZig Santa: Equal or Equitable at the Holidays?
Oh, the holidays…a time of highs and joys, girls and boys, gifts and toys. Among the glow of lights, music that excites and dessert...
I Have to Check in Before I Can Check Out
Having high school kids at home has its advantages. No longer is there a bedtime routine or long, chapter books to read so the kids go...
Logic Challenged Parenting: Natural Consequences ZagZig as Kids Get Older
My husband and I have been long-time fans of Parenting with Love and Logic, founded by Jim Fay and Foster W. Cline. It just makes sense,...
He Said, She Said: When Mom and Dad Disagree, Who Wins, Who Loses, and How We ZagZig Through
As a self-professed Kevin Bacon fan – yes, I spent my teen-formative years in the 80s – I thought, on my walk today, of the 1991 movie,...
Tips for Trips: Mickey Mouse, Meltdowns, MMM’s and M&Ms
Recently I was in my local bank branch, exchanging some currency when I overheard a well-dressed man, who appeared to be in a hurry, talk...
