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Screentime can be family time The issue of screentime is one that has come up in my group, API of Knoxville, from time to time.	The marvel of motherhood The Friday just before Mother's Day, I was going about my faily business and realized I hadn't looked at my phone for awhile. As I went to grab it, I saw a screen filled with missed calls and text messages.
Responding with sensitivity when it's hard As an API Leader, I frequently give parents guidance on ways to respond to their children in different situations. But the truth is, I don't always follow my own advice.	Would you like some pictionary with your soup? All this talk about presence has made me re-examine some of the good, and bad, habits my family has fallen into.
The mother's 'guilt cyst' I suspect that for nearly all women, soon after our first-born makes the exit out of our bodies and into the world, a "guilt cyst" begins to grow inside us -- metaphorically speaking, that is.	It's alright that you need me My child, I want to say this to you: It's alright that you need me. Needing is good. Needing is natural. When you cry for me, when you wrap your arms around me, when you sigh because you feel happy in my arms...you're behaving just as you should... read more
Kangaroo Care for every baby Today is Kangaroo Care Awareness Day, a day we at NuRoo are proud to celebrate, as it highlights the importance and benefits of the practice of Kangaroo Care.	Transformed by their love I am humbled by the love I see in my children's eyes, by their desire to show me who they are again and again. "Look, Mom, look at me!" they say with their words and with their bright faces turned to catch my eyes.
Messy motherhood Growing up, I was one of four kids. Three of us were triplets. My did home daycare, and at any given time, we could have up to eight other children in the house. We lived in a four-bedroom home. Space was limited. Love was not.	Motherhood is a gift The road to forming your family through adoption, and thus becoming a mother, can be long.

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