I'm one of four kids, so I know how fun it can be to grow up in a big family. My five children have lots of cousins to play with, and we're lucky they live close by. Sleepovers with my nieces and ...

When my family moved in 2017, we moved away from my kids' only cousins. Their childhood looks different from mine, and they're growing up without a built-in peer group. However, we're making sure they ...

When I was a kid, my friends and I spent long summer days outdoors, picking daisies, observing roly-poly (also known as pill) bugs, holding caterpillars and trying to catch fireflies. It’s still not ...

Sometimes I sit quietly in another room while my children are talking, and I eavesdrop on their wise words. There was one conversation recently when my daughter asserted to her brothers that "Mommy ...

A first date is one of those parenting milestones that sneaks up on you. One minute you’re packing lunches and reminding them to bring a hoodie; the next, they’re asking what time you’ll pick them up ...

Occasionally, when it comes up in conversation that I have five children, I'm met with surprise and sometimes, a little bit of shock. And while I understand that five may seem like a lot of kids in ...