Tag: safety
Park Refugees
My boys could tell by my overall demeanor and tone of voice that there was no time for questioning me. We had finally arrived...
How Laundry Caused my Scariest Motherhood Moment
Hi, I’m Amber, and I’m an overprotective mom. I come by it naturally. My own mother has done home daycare for 30 years and...
My Son Wasn’t Safe in His Car Seat and It Was...
Road trips with infants are my worst nightmare. I begin stressing out about them weeks before the actual event ever happens. There is just...
Coats and Car Seats (The Most Annoying Part of Winter)
Ah winter, that great time of year when we get to bust out the boots and sweaters and hats and scarves. Winter used to...
Preparing for the Worst During Tornado Season
It's spring again! In the Midwest, this also means the anticipation of thunderstorms and the threat of tornadoes.
When the EF5 tornado hit Joplin, MO in May 2011,...
Preventing Sexual Abuse
Typing the title of this post pains me. It breaks my heart that this is the world we live in. About a year and...
The Toxins Making Us Sick
Why should I care about the ingredients in the products my family uses? Simply put, everything you put in your body has an impact.
A 2005 study...
5 Tips for Dealing with Porn and Kids
Co-written with my clinical partner, Ben Taussig, LCPC, NCC.
If talking about sex with our teens in general is just about enough to motivate us...
Stranger Danger: How to Prepare your Kids
One morning this fall, I was sipping my coffee while driving my son to school and had the first of two eye-opening conversations with...
Meet Kansas City’s Momprenuers: SwimZip
Navigating my way through markers and fire trucks and easels and gummy snacks, it could have been any sort of playdate. Yet, as we...
Why Water Babies are Smarter Babies
This summer included two major milestones in the French household. For the first time... ever ...my children enjoyed playing in the water, beyond and outside the...
Kids and Cars
"The wealthy do it ... and the poor, and the middle class. Parents of all ages and ethnicities do it. Mothers are just as...
Talking to Kids When Tragedy Hits Close to Home
We've gotten numb to reading the details of another shooting splashed across the news. Usually, it happens in someone else's community where the victims'...
