Susan Merrill

Just to clarify - she didn't work the entire summer!

At an appointment this summer, the doctor, being polite, asked my Emily what she was doing on her time off from school.  She launched into a dissertation of sorts on her activities – a job at J Crew, some babysitting, two classes at the community college, etc, etc.  The doctor, rather surprised at the list, looked at me and said, “How do you get her to do all that?”

I must of looked rather baffled because I didn’t know what she meant.  She clarified and it dawned on me that my daughter is hard working.  I didn’t “get” her to do anything.  Continue Reading…

Because I work at iMOM, I read so much about the negative effects of media on children.  Sometimes, parents don’t like what they read and choose to believe that TV, movies, music, and videos really don’t impact children as much as we think they do.  But it does, according to what I read today. Continue Reading…