My daughters have launched their own clothing company, upcycling vintage and modern pieces, and dying them using a Japanese shibori technique. Indigo Clothing Co. Products: + 100% natural indigo dye + a modern take on Japanese shibori dyeing techniques + upcycled vintage & modern pieces + environmentally and socially conscious They started the company at…
Category: Parenting
My blog covers education and children’s books. When I cover parenting issues, it usually contains book recommendations. Parenting topics include academic subjects, summer learning, bullying, special needs, fitness and more.
TeamImpact and Boston College Women’s Soccer Team
In celebration of the launch of How To Coach Girls book, we are partnering with Berkshire Soccer Academy, a sleep away soccer camp for girls, with a five-part series. How To Coach Girls available here. Boston College Women’s Soccer Team has been working with Team Impact for a number of years. Team Impact is a national nonprofit that matches…
Our Providence Foodie and Shopping Finds
Now that my daughter is in her second term of the RISD Pre-College Program and she’s commuting from Boston, thus eating lunch and snacks in restaurants around RISD, we’ve amassed a short list of foodie and shopping finds. I must make note that these are all carefully screened recommendations by Jenny Brown, a local artist…
HOW TO COACH GIRLS Blog Tour
I’m so excited to announce the blog tour stops for HOW TO COACH GIRLS! Thank you so much to these bloggers for reviewing our book! March 1 Wise Owl Factory: How to Coach Girls Book Review and Free Sports Awards Printable March 2 The Conscious Kid: Review including her favorite chapter March 3 …
4 Unfortunate Events That Show Your Kids Your Resilience
Life can be unbelievably tough, with unfortunate events happening to even the luckiest of people. One of the most important lessons that we can teach our children is that of not giving up when things go wrong or start to become difficult. As parents, we always try to teach our children to be as proactive…
My Son’s Exotic Fruit Challenge: Rambutan
My son has discovered our green grocer and is now excited to try exotic fruit. This has been a popular video for me on my Instagram, so I thought I would share our series on my blog as well. Our first Exotic Fruit Challenge is rambutan. My son was attracted to the hairy shell which…
Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum
My girls fell in love with glass blowing after going to Dale Chihuly’s exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. They took glass blowing lessons to learn and now they are able to rent time at a glass studio to create glass art on their own. We recently visited the Chihuly Garden and…







