Parenting Wisdom

From trick shots to serious tech, here are some popular YouTube channels for tween boys. My little guy is growing up so fast, and his YouTube tastes are growing up, too. Gone are the days when I could plop him...

It's been a crazy year and we can all use a little holiday cheer. I have put together a guide to see the best holiday lights and events in Tampa Bay. Grab the family and continue this fun tradition...

We are living in unprecedented times people! Who knows what to expect from minute to minute. After an entire year of being isolated from friends and family, it's hard to think about not getting together for the holidays. Sure,...

Autism & Change When I pictured having a family, I knew I only wanted a happy and healthy child. I envisioned my child to be conversational (being the factor that I seem to talk a lot) and a social butterfly!...

I've always been what some may call particular. I like things in a certain way. My aunt says I was the only child she'd ever seen who would throw the paper away and start over if any coloring went...

Are you buried under a pile of school paper? No one wants to throw out all those aced spelling tests, great report cards, and colorful art pieces, but what’s a clutter averse mom to do? My son started fifth grade...

In 2005, my little bundle of joy was born. Unlike most births, two doctors delivered my son, Samuel. His potential diagnosis caused them considerable concern. His specific type of dwarfism was considered  “not-compatible-with-life” based on underdeveloped lungs. Within minutes...

Social media can be a powerful force of good. Missing persons: found. Charity awareness: raised. Weather alerts: alerted. Disconnected family: connected. Not to mention the numbers of dinner’s saved from friends’ shared recipes. As an avid social media user,...

  My mother died when my son was nine months old. Less than a year later, we lost my husband's father. Since our other parents died many years before he was born, my little boy is growing up without grandparents. How...

I haven’t always appreciated the arts, but fortunately, I have a wife who has. In 2012, she brought me to our first art show, “Beauty and the Pain”, by a family friend and professional artist, Paul Tepper. The art...