[Following is Sharon's newsletter. To subscribe, sign up here.] Hey there, One evening when my oldest was a toddler and I was pregnant with my second, my oldest got very sick. Scott was working late. Again and again, I changed his sheets. Or did the best I could, anyway, with my pregnant belly leaning like… Continue reading The Latest: Clarity | Comforts | Peppermint Patties
Tag: Mental Health
I Have No Idea What’s Happening: 4 Ways I’m Parenting in Uncertainty
Maybe it should be, but this is not an article about school. I definitely have no idea what to do about that. It's about parenting when you can't come up with the kind of knowledge and certainty that is, well, so quintessentially parental. And yet, we parent anyway, don't we? I Have No Idea What's… Continue reading I Have No Idea What’s Happening: 4 Ways I’m Parenting in Uncertainty
Intuitive Eating Is a Happier and Healthier Way to Eat—Here’s How to Begin
I'm so happy to share my latest, a feature article about intuitive eating for the January 2020 issue of Real Simple. My interest in intuitive eating began with both skepticism and curiosity (a personal story I may write about in the future) and transitioned into a reported article that took (off and on) most of… Continue reading Intuitive Eating Is a Happier and Healthier Way to Eat—Here’s How to Begin
Washington Post: Dads Are Happier Than Moms
If we follow one another on Twitter, you may have felt me bristling just a little bit last Thursday. There was news about parent happiness - and I wasn't a fan of the scientists' suggestion. So I called the lead researcher up, and here's what I found. Dads are happier than moms. Science wants to… Continue reading Washington Post: Dads Are Happier Than Moms
New Book! So Glad They Told Me
Which is harder? The everyday rush of school lunches, the laundry on the floor, the arguments between kids, and the complaining about chores? Or is it the call from the school nurse, the feverish child, or the crisis of a bee sting or a bloody knee? That's what I write about in my essay in… Continue reading New Book! So Glad They Told Me
Woman’s Day: What It’s Really Like To Live With Seasonal Affective Disorder
It only took me twenty years to figure out how to manage it. "What It's Really Like To Live With Seasonal Affective Disorder" Published in Woman's Day, November 9, 2015
The Mid: “48 Hours Alone: Mom Needs Time Off Too”
48 Hours Alone: Mom Needs Time Off Too Published in The Mid, May 1, 2015