Last week I attended a screening of the documentary Race to Nowhere. An independent film directed by a concerned mother, the documentary highlights a growing epidemic in our educational system and college admissions – overburdened students, burned out teachers, increased teen depression, and students showing up for college unprepared and unskilled for the next phase of […]
May 2011
You’ve got to love Seattle. It’s beautiful, clean and green. Yet, you have to realize, those of you from warmer and dryer climates, it’s clean and green because there is liquid coming from the sky on a regular basis. It rains a lot in Seattle. Now, honestly, I do get kind of tired of this […]
I’ve always loved the Space Needle. It was my special place to go when I was a little girl. It’s still very special to me today. So when I got to take my babies there for the first time last weekend, I took a ton of photos. Wildly, this one was my favorite. My little […]
When it comes to positive discipline, advice on potty training, or toilet training, is painfully simple. Wait for your child to exhibit the signs, don’t push, don’t reward, and don’t praise. In fact, when it comes to potty training, we parents and caregivers can be our own biggest obstacle, trying to push, reward, praise and […]
If you’ve been following along here at Heligirl for any amount of time you must know by now that I’m a bit of a Deadliest Catch fan. I’ve had the extreme pleasure to chat with many of the captains and crews on the show as well as the hard-working Discovery folks who put it together. […]
I’m one of those moms I said I’d never be – seeing or reading something that scares me to death and then reacting. I saw an Animal Planet program last year about a toddler who ingested raccoon roundworm eggs at a playground and almost died as the larva went into his brain, ate through his […]
I am such a firm believer in Positive Discipline and positive discipline advocate Jane Nelsen. Her parenting advice has made a real difference in my life. I follow her blog and receive her RSS feed. She posted the following great story last week. I was so inspired I asked permission to repost it here, hoping […]
I can’t believe it’s been two years since you came into my life, all warm and snugglely baby boy. You’re my sweet little dude and you’ll always be Mommy’s Little Boy. I love you Mr. Man. Tweet
