Tips and stories for raising confident, kind, magical kids.
September 24, 2026
It's 8:30 p.m. and your child is doing cartwheels off the couch. Here's why that burst of nighttime energy is often exhaustion in disguise — and how to catch the sleep window before it closes.
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December 5, 2024
Sitting here by my undecorated Christmas tree, with the original box set a few feet away, I’m pondering how all this happened. I know that in just a few days, I’ll stuff it back in the box, and movers will pa
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December 13, 2023
By: Becky Cummings Dec 13, 2023 Have you ever seen a hamster with its cheeks full? They can shove food in their mouths and save it for later. In the meantime, they look a bit ridiculous, but hey, at least they won’
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November 22, 2021
By: Becky Cummings You are responsible for your own happiness. No toy or other person will truly make you happy long term. It’s a choice you have to make every day. I feel like I say this to my kids every week! We can ex
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November 22, 2021
By: Becky Cummings My husband being the kind man that he is, agreed to have a look at this “final” property in our quest for a new home. Lucky for us the kids were all in a camp the day we could get in for a showing. We
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October 16, 2021
Picking a Topic: Part 1 By: Becky Cummings Farts, butts, and poop have been “explored” a lot in recent children’s literature and people banked some serious cash from potty humor. When your creativity is unlimited, one of
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October 16, 2021
By: Becky Cummings Who knew buying a Tik-Tok famous house was a thing? As a 40-year old woman, I feel confident in the Facebook arena, I finally am getting the hang of Instagram, but when it came to Tik-Tok, I didn’t bot
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September 18, 2021
By: Becky Cummings Remember the hours you spent in school hours learning how to multiply decimals, but somehow, we never learned basic money skills like investing or saving. Most of us got our money skills from parents w
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September 18, 2021
By Becky Cummings “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t – you’re right.” Henry Ford When I was teaching in the classroom, I would dream of being an author and school visits around the country. I remembe
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September 18, 2021
By Becky Cummings What you do in the first few weeks sets the tone for the entire year. I’ll never forget my professors at the NEAG School of Ed sharing this principle with me. I remember being one of the only teachers t
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September 18, 2021
By: Becky Cummings You have waited weeks for this moment. The bittersweet transition of back to school. Maybe you are home, so you get to trade in your cold coffee and noisy mornings for peace while you sip hot coffee. P
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August 14, 2021
By: Becky Cummings Do you remember as a kid how you would begin your day? Did you consider yourself a morning person? My breakfast was usually with a bowl of sugary cereal followed by watching cartoons, finished off with
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August 14, 2021
By: Becky Cummings Did you love to read as a kid? How about now, are you an adult that chooses to read for enjoyment? Many people expect that as an author I must have loved reading and writing as a kid, but the opposite
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August 13, 2021
By: Becky Cummings Are you conscious of your language? Do you think about the words you say and how they affect your life? Do you pause and think before you speak or correct your language to make better choices? Most of
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August 13, 2021
By: Becky Cummings Kids naturally love the family dog or cat, but what about the pig on the farm or the spider in the bathroom? Yes, even the extra hairy spider hiding in your shower is a living creature deserving of res
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July 26, 2021
By Becky Cummings Teachers have you thought about your current classroom management system and what it’s doing for your students? Is it set up to allow children to reflect on their behavior in a compassionate, calm way?
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July 20, 2021
By: Becky Cummings I’d love to say this year my kids learned so much under my tutelage at home. They are scoring grade levels above their peers in public school. Clearly on track for early admission to ivy league college
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