by smaclaughlin | Nov 4, 2019 | communication, family, fatherhood, gender bias, marriage, motherhood, parenting
What is gatekeeping and what does it have to do with parenting? gate·keep·ingˈɡātˌkēpiNG/: 1. noun the activity of controlling, and usually limiting, general access to something. I first heard about gatekeeping from a mother for whom I worked as a nanny. She used the...
by smaclaughlin | Mar 12, 2018 | books, co-parenting, communication, marriage, positive parenting
Why is this so hard? Two people who are parenting together but don’t exactly see eye-to-eye is very common. Sometimes co-parenting relationships are strained, but even those who consider their partnerships really healthy can struggle (*raises hand*). We want to...
by Sarah MacLaughlin | Jan 3, 2014 | cooperation, family, holidays, humor, marriage, my life
Hi there, Here’s my ode to the “try, try again” format that is parenting life–though in this case, the hinderance may have been more my husband and less my child. Here’s the finished product of my holiday card: Cute, right? However, if...
by Sarah MacLaughlin | Apr 6, 2012 | marriage, perspective
A little back story on my journey thus far: I started dating my husband when I was twenty-three years-old. We were married three years after that. Only as we neared our ten-year wedding anniversary was Joshua born. Before we became parents we had thirteen solid years...
by Sarah MacLaughlin | Sep 1, 2010 | family, marriage, mindful parenting, my life, only child, siblings
To sibling, or not to sibling? That is the question. Okay, I’m talking about kids, not actual potatoes. What got me going was a recent cover for Time magazine depicting a smiling young boy, above him it read, “The Only Child Myth.” The story inside, One and Done, was...
by Sarah MacLaughlin | Jul 28, 2010 | humor, illness, marriage, my life, sleep
Or, why I should just change the name of my blog to: “my child has been a crappy sleeper since the day he was born and he’s now over two and I am so exhausted I’ve gone completely nuts.” The latest chapter in the sleep saga occurred when the...