Ages + Stages

It’s back to school time. The nerves have set in, the supplies have been bought, and you hesitantly look forward to a new year and a fresh start. These aren’t just the feelings of students, but teachers as well....

Back when my oldest child was in Kindergarten, Pinterest had just hit the scene. Naturally, because I didn't have enough to do during the last week of school, I prepared a summer gift basket in a sand pail for her to...

WordPlay is an eclectically decorated storefront in the Northside neighborhood near Cincinnati State on Hamilton Avenue. Its large windows are filled with sunshine that throws shadows over the typewriters that are also for sale.  Claw-foot bathtubs filled with pillows...

George Floyd's call to his mother should be a call to ALL moms right now. We need your voice with us now more than ever to make a better future for our children. Oh, the joy of teenage years. One...

Have you seen all those sweet, sentimental lists that are now all over the Internet of things to enjoy about your children before they grow up? All of those things you want to teach them before the angst of...

Christmas, birthdays, and holidays in general, are changing a lot in my household. It has always been about making the most of these big days. Presents, decorations, and making things extra special was all that mattered to us. One thing...

It's painful, almost like pulling off fingernails. Each and e-v-e-r-y night, Sunday through Thursday. Doing homework with three different kids, where two of the three have ADHD and they both need an incredible amount of hands-on homework support. Each age group has...

Are you ready to Give Like a Mother? In this edition of The Heart of CMC, we're featuring our friends at G.L.A.M. aka Give Like a Mother, based in Clermont County, Ohio on the East side of Cincinnati. They...

  Here at Cincinnati Moms Blog, we are passionate about literacy and children's books!  (Not only do we all read to our children, but we've got one contributor who's a children's book author, one contributor who's a reading teacher, one contributor...

The other night on the drive home, my little one asked if we could play "Knock Knock" jokes. I said sure. So, we took turns. She's seven, so hers were pretty terrible, but I amused her nonetheless. I took...