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The Tightrope Walker – Part 1
Today’s post on The Power of Balance is the first in a four-part series from The Power of Moms author Amanda Hamilton Roos. Read Part 2 here, Part 3 here, and Part 4 here. Motherhood is like a...
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The Tightrope Walker – Part 2
Today’s post on The Power of Balance is the second in a four-part series from The Power of Moms author Amanda Hamilton Roos. Read Part 1 here, Part 3 here and Part 4 here. This week we’ll continue to...
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The Tightrope Walker – Part 3
Today’s post on The Power of Balance is the third in a four-part series from The Power of Moms author Amanda Hamilton Roos. Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part 4 here. The Main Act: Being “The...
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The Tightrope Walker – Part 4
Today’s post on The Power of Balance is the fourth in a four-part series from The Power of Moms author Amanda Hamilton Roos. Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here. The First Act: Enjoying...
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Putting Down the Whistle: Four Ways to Help Your Children Get Along
The thing I love about summer time is that we get to spend so much time together as a family. The problem is….we spend so much time together as a family! In the final stretches of the day, on those...
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When Me Time Doesn’t Work
The flight attendant pauses by my seat during the oxygen mask demonstration. “First put on your mask and then help anyone who may need assistance,” she says. As always, this makes me feel guilty....
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Follow Lalo
This is Lalo. And this is Lalo. That’s pronounced LAH-lo. Doesn’t it roll off the tongue? Isn’t it fun to say. That’s Lalo. He’s fun.He...
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Spiritual Sundays: There is Enough Oil
The Bible is full of abundance. Jesus Christ feeds thousands with loaves and fishes. Bread rains from heaven for the Israelites. The Disciples throw their nets overboard and pull them in, overflowing...
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Thank You Notes
Last Thanksgiving we started a tradition that I hope sticks. We gave each member in our family a thank-you note. And because my kids were small, we “delivered” them under everyone’s pillow. (I hope...
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The Power of Pause
I miss the way nursing a baby pushes the pause button on my day. Whatever I needed to do in that moment–freezes. To be sure, I’ve done my share of nursing while reading/cooking/typing/hair...
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Keeping that Christmas Feeling
About this time last year, I didn’t want the holidays to end. Not that I wasn’t sick of baked goods and endless errands, but the little thrill of thinking of someone else, of picking out the perfect...
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Book Summary: How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Title: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk Author: Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish Basic Overview: This book starts with a simple but radical idea–we should help children deal...
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Spiritual Sundays: Matzah and Motherhood
Editor’s Note: The Power of Moms is a website for mothers of all religious preferences. Our Spiritual Sundays section is a place where our authors can write about thoughts that are more spiritual in...
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All Hail the Kangaroo!
March Madness is infectious isn’t it? I usually have no patience for televised sports, but I can’t resist the drama of college basketball: the heartbreak, the elation of an upset, the tribes of diehard...
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Child’s Pose
Looking to find a child-friendly exercise (i.e., something that doesn’t cost anything and that I can do in the house with my kids around), I have resolved many times to practice yoga. It seems so...
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A que te dedicas?
I feel like such an adult. I’m sitting in the airport, waiting for my plane to board. I’m alone. I have a mostly empty purse and a sandwich that I will not have to share with anyone. I’m in a bubble of...
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Playgroup Misadventures
I live in Mexico. I am not Mexican. I keep wanting to explain to people: “Listen, if we were speaking English, you would find me funny, smart, and very likeable. Really, I promise!” But constructions...
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I See Me in Your Eyes
I overheard this conversation between my two young sons the other day: “Zevvie, you’re such a big boy!” says my kindergartener. “I AM a big boy!” replies my toddler. “And you’re funny!” “I AM funny!”...
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Built to Last
Endurance—it’s what separates us from the animals! I don’t have much endurance in the traditional sense. I mean, running marathons—that’s not me. I run because it’s a quick and cheap exercise. Slap on...
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Bonding with Girls
Let me set the scene: My daughter was three and had wrapped herself around my leg. She was crying because I couldn’t play stuffed animals with her while I was frantically trying to get dinner on the...
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