Toys are not fun when they’re all over the house. If you’re stepping on green army men, threatening to sell wayward dolls on eBay and are using items like daddy’s lighter as a body doubles for game pieces, the toys have taken over.
Your children’s toys aren’t evil, they’re just a little misguided.
Here are five ways to manage toys in your home so that they feed your children’s imaginations and not your trash cans.
Whether your kids have a cold or it is cold, heart-pounding playtime — the good kind — isn’t always possible outdoors during inclement weather. In the winter months, moms like me can have a tough time keeping their busy kids from getting bored, especially when said kids are used to living it up covered in [...]
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” You must do the thing you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt We [...]
Dear Sarah, Every time I have heated conversations, I cry. There are some important discussions at work and even with my family that I’ve put off out of worry that my emotions will get the better of me and I’ll embarrass myself again. Is there anything I can do to keep this from happening? Rachel [...]
Dear Sarah, Reluctantly, a friend told me that she thought I was bossy. At first, I was offended that she would say such a thing. The more I thought about what she said, though, the more I realized that she might be right. I don’t want to treat others this way or come across as [...]
My husband Tom and I have had a “do I look fat in this dress” pact since the beginning of our marriage, when I was healthy size eight. Next to being asked to get snipped, this is the question that men fear most from women. How can he answer this loaded, Catch-22? If he answers [...]
Ready to rumble in Santa Barbara says, “It’s very simple. I like sex way more than my husband does. When I bring the issue up to my friends they roll their eyes and make comments about how my husband should appreciate what he’s got. But that’s it. They all have men who chase them around. [...]
Dear Sarah, I’ve been married to my husband for 14 years. We rarely argue and I think it’s safe to say that we’ve figured things out enough to be mostly happy. There’s just one thing that bothers me to all hell. When he’s with his friends he sometimes makes jokes about women. Stupid things like [...]