Author - Julie Louisson

How do I get my child to listen to me?

December 10, 2021

This scene with my son plays out in our kitchen several times a week and I’m pretty sure similar...

September 10, 2021

Play is as natural and necessary for a child’s journey through the world as swimming is for a fish...

May 18, 2021

There’s a lot our kids need to know as they get older and head toward adulthood. We want them...

March 3, 2021

Every now and then, I catch myself saying things to my children that my mother said to me when I...

February 5, 2021

I had always thought of depression as a spiritual crisis of sorts. Having experienced depression...

October 6, 2020

I want to say from the start that my boys are lovely. They are kind, friendly, helpful and charming...

August 7, 2020

My husband and I were woken this morning by our youngest crawling into bed with us. He wrapped his...

April 13, 2020

An eight-year-old American boy’s hilarious journal entry (above) is going viral for his candid...

October 4, 2019

Before having children, I was a dedicated, passionate primary school teacher. I felt an enormous...

May 2, 2019

I love walking along the beach, admiring the shape of the driftwood. I love the irregularity of...

March 13, 2019

It’s nearly 3 pm and, at schools around the country, parents stand outside classrooms in small...

October 2, 2018

I was not a confident child. I hung back in social situations and always worried about failing...