I have to admit, I heard about TikTok loooooong before I downloaded the app. It didn’t seem like anything I needed in my life, and quite honestly, after interacting with it for about a month, I don’t foresee myself...
Do you remember the first time you heard about sex?
I was a wide-eyed eight-year-old, playing at the home of my closest-playmate, "Beth". At one point her older sister, "Sarah" joined us. Eager to prove her superior knowledge to us...
My 12-year-old son did not know how to save money. He just didn’t get the concept. The minute he had a $5 bill in his hand, he was asking to buy candy in the Target checkout line. “But I...
I remember once when my husband was putting our youngest, who was age two at the time, down for a nap and he was whining (the kid, not the husband) about not wanting to go down. For the next...
One of my fears of being a “boy mom” was not being able to relate or have a good bond with my kids.
I taught 5th grade for many years and I was worried my kids would be like many...
Do you date your kids? I really enjoy spending 1:1 time with my kids. We started this practice when my oldest son was three, and now that he's a teenager, we are still going on mother-son dates at least...
Social media wasn't something I had to navigate as a child. I got my first phone when I was a junior in high school and Facebook didn't come out until I was in college. As parents, most of us...
Maybe it is because my husband and I were both 1980s kids, but we love taking our daughter to arcades, and we have been doing so since she was little. With food and drink options galore most of these...
I am officially a Middle School Mom and it reinforces the number one thing I hate about parenting: letting them go.
One day, they’re all cute and squishy and need you to literally survive. The next? They’re rolling off to...
Did you know that Des Moines is the home to one of the largest skateboard parks in the nation? Lauridsen Skatepark is located on the north side of the downtown riverwalk. It boasts an Olympic-quality skate experience for skateboards...
In + Around Des Moines
Summer Programs at The Little White Schoolhouse
Keep your kids engaged with learning during the summer with Jump Start at The Little White Schoolhouse in Ankeny, Iowa. It is designed to...
