Ashley Carter - Everyday Family (Page 2)

Summer Screen Time Without the Daily Fight

The first week of summer break is when it hits most families: school is out, the routine that quietly governed

Right around the middle of June, the careful summer rhythm I'd set up in May quietly disintegrates every

A neighbor once told my husband he was such a great dad for "babysitting" the kids while I

We waited too long to start formal swim lessons with our oldest, and I'll own that mistake plainly

The fantasy version of summer dinners outside involves a beautifully set picnic table, a grill master in an apron, and

The first time my son announced he was bored on the third day of summer break, I felt a small

I taught my ten-year-old to run the washing machine last spring, and the first load she did entirely on her

My daughter campaigned for her first sleepover for about six months before I finally caved, and then the night before

We don't have screens built into our car, which was a deliberate choice and also a decision I

The first summer I worked from home with both kids, I made the rookie mistake of having no plan at

My son spent most of August before second grade convinced that the new teacher would be mean, the work would

By the middle of May, our family calendar looks like someone spilled a box of pushpins on it. Field day,