Summer in our home began with a bang. Literally. I was helping my husband put a piece of dock in the water by our lake camp when I overstepped the end of the dock and plunged into the water. On …

When I was in college, my father was so protective I thought he was a borderline psychotic.

I attended an all-women’s college (my own decision) and really didn’t give my parents much trouble. I was the oldest girl in the …

If you are a father of a daughter, I want you to know several things:

The first of which is that you are your daughter’s first love.

Every man who enters her life will be compared to you; every relationship …

Today, I’m introducing Happy Mom Habit #7.  I believe that in order to be a Happy Mom, you must learn how to give and get love in healthy ways.

Giving love well takes a lot of work and receiving it …

I LOVE to help parents answer their toughest parenting questions.  I’m starting a regular column on CafeMom.com called “Ask Dr. Meg” and I’m counting on YOU, followers and friends, to send me your questions. So, contact me via the blog, …

The next time you have an impulse to get something for searching here and find out whether you are doing it because your best friend just bought something similar for her son, or because you believe it to be a …

My mother loves people by feeding them. She stuffs them with good food-meat, usually, with potatoes and dark gravy. The kind of gravy that has become a lost art, perhaps because we spend less time cooking, less time learning our …

Lisa came into my office a few days ago in tears. “Life’s just out of control, that’s all”  she said. Three days earlier she had experienced a melt down. After working at a local food pantry, she took one child …