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“It’s time to dispel the myth once and for all that being a parent is always and forever fulfilling and transcendent,” writes Logan this week in a raw and honest post...
"When I need to rid myself of the bitter curmudgeon, when Eeyore sidles up to me wanting to bring me down," writes Logan this month in Hindsight Parenting, "I take a...
"Knowing my child, knowing who she is should be my guide as a parent and NOT the other way around." writes Logan this week in her bi-monthly column, Hindsight Parenting. "Sometimes...
We all have heard the term, “cut the cord,” and most seem to generalize it to birth and our children’s transition to adulthood. However, that phrase is so much more. Here...
This week in "Hindsight Parenting," Logan is looking for your feedback on how to raise an emotional resilient child...
"Mistakes are always forgivable if one has the courage to admit them." This is a quote Logan shares this month in "Hindsight Parenting," a quote that illustrates what she learned the...
The second time around as a parent, Logan is choosing for a simple celebration for her four year old rather than the ginormous, thematic, disco-ball-spinnin’ parties she felt obligated to trump...
Big bubbies. Small bubbies. Bubbies of all shapes and sizes. This week in "Hindsight Parenting," Logan shares her experiences and challenges with teaching her daughter about body image and...
With parenting comes great sacrifices and often times, greater gains! This month in "Hindsight Parenting: Raising Kids the Second Time Around," Hilltown Families Contributing Writer, Logan Fisher, talks about parenting...
Hindsight swoops in and saves the day! When little Ila gets disgruntled because she now has to wear glasses and her favorite princess characters don't, her mom, Hilltown Families Contributing...
Slowing Down—A Speedy Hindsight Lesson I quite often malign the fact that I am a 44 year old woman with a three year old. It isn’t just that I am not...
Spontaneity Spontaneity— def. “The state or quality of being spontaneous.” Control— def. “The situation of restraint.” Two words that are completely and utterly opposite in nature. I would have to admit...
Preparing for Summer I used to hate summer. You heard me. H.A.T.E. While most educators count down the days until the end of the school year, my dread grows the closer...
I Am On Your Side Mother’s Day has come and gone and I of course have been reflective. Yes. I have been thinking. I have been thinking about those mommies from...
Let’s Pretend: A Discussion on Violence “Ok daddy. Let’s go in my tent and you get to kill me.” These were the words uttered by my VERY sheltered three-year-old daughter just...
There is no way to be a perfect mother. “There is no way to be a perfect mother, but a million ways to be a good one.” This quote by Jill...
Have Faith in Your Children Strength I was a big ol’ chicken this week. I mean a shakin-in-my-boots-anxiety-ridden-big-ol’-BAWK-BAWK-chicken. Last column and the column before that, I had hinted that there were...
Mean Girls, At Age 3 “Go home, Ila!” Those three words, said by a three year old no less to my sweet-natured, well behaved, lovely, and special daughter (all right, all...
Special She’s just a girl. Not special. Not any different than any other toddler. She’s infatuated with Princess Sofia and Doc McStuffins. She has a stuffed lamb, Mi Mi, who she...
Introducing Jess… So Ila has a sister. Now stop calculating and clutching your chest. I am not and never will be pregnant again. The vasectomy and heart condition has ensured that...
Leaving Stressors Outside the Front Door for the New Year! January; the month of promises to change, to improve, to start anew. We usually are gung-ho, walkin’ that treadmill, drinking those...
Happy Holidays, Everyone! Our friend, Hindsight has been really busy this season. He is working overtime reminding me of the mistakes I made over the many Christmases with my sons. He’s...
The Experience of Hindsight Hindsight. It isn’t just for parents who have raised children for 10-20 years. It really is a super power that ANYONE can have. Making friends with and...
I Am Struggling Dear Readers I am struggling dear readers. I am struggling. I have decisions to make. Hard ones. Life changing ones. The decisions I need to make are similar...
The City Slicker Vs. The Country Bumpkin I once read a book where the mother was tired of the constant lack of respect doled out by her entire family. She felt...
So We Have a Kitten So we have a kitten. Yes…these words I never thought I would utter ever…EVER in my lifetime. But, here I am saying them… “We have a...
The Dreaded Happened Last Night The dreaded happened last night. A usually very easy-going-as-long-as-you-do-my-routine-I’ll-go-to-bed, Ila was not easy going at all. Last night, I heard the creaking of our hall floor...
Happy Dancing The countdown to my daughter Ila’s first dance class was a flurry of activity. There was of course the research it took to find the exact right creative movement...
Unconditional If you read this column often, you will know that my relationship with my teenage sons has been contentious and nearly nonexistent at times, especially lately. There are oodles of...
Floating on a Universal Wind My daughter turns 3 in two weeks. Three. That means that it has been three years and nine months since the surprise of my life happened....