Teaching our kids that they are no better than anyone else, even as we think they’re the most special people in the world.

Remembering how stressful adolescence can be makes it easier to parent those tweens and teens.

Calmly riding the roller coaster of our kids’ emotions until they learn to ride alone.

The best case scenario is still pretty awful when you have young children.

It’s hard to watch our kids learn the lessons of the sandbox, but those lessons build resilience and grit.

Please do what you can to help us get to the pandemic shore.

Learning to forgive ourselves when our kids have already forgiven us.

Facing hard situations leads to baby steps of developing confidence.

Father’s Day gratitude for all the dad trackers out there.

It takes a village to raise kids, but kids deserve a village, too.

What we adults can learn from looking into the eyes of today’s children.

Helping our kids (and us) through anxiety-producing times..

Thoughts and imagery for a muddy Mental Health Awareness month.

Our children’s vision changes as they grow, both literally and figuratively.

Working in healthcare offers an appreciation of the authentic human journey.

Two lessons from a grandfather’s life well lived.

Changing the trajectory of hate and division, one child at a time.

To the person who caught my father-in-law when he collapsed at Kroger on March 23 at Kroger in Humble, Texas:

Finding comfort in nature as children grow and family traditions change.

To all the teachers and village members who make a difference — one book report at a time.