Florida living: hurricane edition

Last week, my little corner of Florida spent several days in the center of the “cone of uncertainty” for Hurricane … More

Little Life Hacks: Schedule your kid’s screen time

Now that summer vacation has started in my house, my kids have the expectation that they will be able to … More

One of the gifts of working with kids and families is that I get to learn from other parents’ experiences. … More

For some people I know, summer vacation has already begun. For others, it won’t begin for a few weeks. I … More

Sometimes when I meet a new potential student at my taekwondo studio, the parent will introduce their child as a … More

As I’ve mentioned in many of my posts, my husband and I run a taekwondo studio. We’ve been doing this … More

So, it’s going to be Rachel Held Evans week here at On the Banks blog. I have never been a … More

Yesterday, I listened to a great episode of the podcast, Freakanomics called “The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting.” In this week’s … More

This year, I bought an annual pass to our local zoo. I love going to the zoo with my daughters. … More

One feature of my personality is that I tend to be a mis-matcher. And by mis-matcher I mean that if … More