by Angela Santomero | Parenting
Whenever I meet new people, after delivering a speech or simply along my travels, I often hear how “lucky” I am. While I understand that it’s meant well, the word “lucky” rubs me the wrong way somewhat, as if I danced through life with few sacrifices or few...
by Angela Santomero | Parenting
Last holiday season, I took my girls to a nursing home to visit their great grandmother. As she was always so happy to see them and loved when they performed, this time she was welcomed with a little song and dance they had worked on for her. The sight of this strong...
by Angela Santomero | Parenting
As we near the end of another year, it always helps to regroup and take a moment to reflect on the previous 12 months before we find ourselves in 2012. If I were writing this into a preschool TV script, I would simplify it as something like, “Stop, Think and Act.” We...
by Angela Santomero | Parenting
While having lunch on Monday with some co-workers, I couldn’t keep from glancing to the side at an adjacent table. There was an eight(ish)-year-old child with a woman who seemed to be either the girl’s older aunt or grandmother. On the surface, it looked like a...