by Pamela Zimmer | Jul 22, 2018 | Body, Mind & Spirit, Caring For Your Child, General Parenting
It’s not unusual for us to take two solid weeks on the east coast to visit family and friends over the 4th of July. This year was no different. We enjoyed five nights visiting a friend in the Boston suburbs – and we fully enjoyed being total tourists! Then we...
by Pamela Zimmer | Jan 13, 2017 | Becoming A Better Mom, Caring For Your Child, General Parenting
Kids really are like sponges, and they learn so much more from our actions than our words (for more on this, view my article, “I Want to be a Better Mom”: Let’s Look at Lessons We Teach Our Kids that We Should Listen to Ourselves). Today I want to focus on showing our...
by Pamela Zimmer | Aug 16, 2016 | Caring For Your Child, Ditch The Mom Guilt
My husband and I sort of have this unspoken deal. It’s nothing we have ever sat down and officially discussed, it’s just sort of morphed into the he-does-that-I-don’t-touch-it category. I bet some of you probably have similar agreements, and (unfortunately for you)...
by Pamela Zimmer | Nov 4, 2015 | Body, Mind & Spirit, Caring For Your Child, General Parenting
The following is a guest post from Kelly Covert, co-owner of Strong Body Whole Heart. Enjoy! As mothers, I believe we all know and, at least intellectually, understand that there is no such thing as perfect. But what we believe and what our actions reflect can...
by Pamela Zimmer | Oct 3, 2015 | Caring For Your Child
For moms (and probably dads, too) who fly with their kids, the safety orientation has one truly disorienting moment: when you’re told that, should there be a terrible calamity and oxygen masks fall from the ceiling, you should not take care of your children first....
by Pamela Zimmer | Sep 5, 2013 | Caring For Your Child
For the past several weeks Brayden has literally been quarantined inside, both at home and at school. The only time he has been outside is to get in and out of the car, and even then it’s “Hurry up, it’s smokey!” We’ve been tremendously affected by the fires in...
