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I’ve read several articles online recently about the negative impacts of yelling at our children. From this experience of a mom and her son to this mom’s challenge to stop yelling at her kids for 365 days, I’m getting the message–yelling at our children means they stop listening to us. In my experience as a […]

In lieu of a blog post today, Lindsey Hoskins & Associates is excited to share with you the news of the birth of John Alexander Cook, son of our fantastic associate Emily Cook and her husband, Alex. John was born Tuesday, April 29th at 11:53am. He weighed in at 7 pounds exactly and was 20 […]

With Passover and Easter upon us this week, I thought this was a great time to share some ideas about family traditions — why they’re important, and how to go about creating new ones with your family. This is a topic near to my heart this year, as my husband and I have been thinking […]

It’s hard to hear that word (priorities) without it taking on a slightly harsh disciplinary tone that’s eerily similar to the one your parents used when you knew there was a lecture coming. Setting priorities for yourself and your life sounds about as much fun as eating plain salad for dinner or sticking to your […]

Earlier this week, a colleague of mine posted a link to an article called Teaching Tolerance: How White Parents should Talk to their Young Kids about Race. The author, Melinda Wenner Moyer, reports on her own investigation of this important topic, which she began after she and her family moved from a diverse city neighborhood […]

What’s the first metaphor that comes to mind when you think about sex? My guess is you’ll say ‘baseball.’ In this metaphor, baseball terminology becomes code for sexual activities: for example, ‘rounding the bases’ denotes sexual activity progressing in a very specific order, using the labels ‘pitcher’ and ‘catcher’ tells us there will be a […]

You’ve probably heard the saying, “It takes a village…” While most of us are familiar with this saying because of Hilary Clinton’s use of it in the 1990s, it actually originates from an African proverb, it takes a village to raise a child. I love this saying, and I think it applies much more broadly […]

Every few weeks, on a night that I can’t make it to the gym, I hit “play” on a yoga video that friends and I used to do together in graduate school. It’s a fairly good workout, and it helps me relax. For those of you who aren’t familiar with yoga, while it focuses on […]