Ok.  I admit to bubble wrapping my kids. But in my defense, I also work really hard at considering how much of me saying “no” is fuelled by separation anxiety versus what makes logical sense. When I was conducting research for my first book, “Am I a normal parent?” I asked parents whether they worried [...]

Over the past few years I’ve spent my days running – running errands, running the kids to school, running up against deadlines and running into what feels like a lot of brick walls.  At some point I had disconnected. It was like someone had clicked a switch and I started only going through the motions. [...]