An immigrant grandma with lots of girl-power is featured in our new book, “Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts.” She is the assistant mayor and the coach of the most successful girls’ soccer team in the state.
The character, Vera, is based on Michael’s real grandma, Vera, an immigrant from Ukraine.
Vera grew up in the …
By Lisa Cohn, Special to the Christian Science Monitor
When divorced parents remarry, they may hope their new family will be similar to the one on the “Brady Bunch,” a 1960s-’70s sitcom in which a man with three sons marries a woman with three daughters. They all go on a honeymoon together and “live happily ever after.”
In real life, …
I’ve got a read-aloud problem. It infringes on my time and restricts me to the library, the bookstore, and of course, the couch.
I’m gaining weight. I don’t frolic enough in the park with my dog. And my read-aloud problem makes it nearly impossible to cook healthy meals that actually follow recipes. It’s grab and go for me.
Read …
By Lisa Cohn
I was in the midst of a typical team practice with my second-grade soccer players, when two of the girls’ moms verbally lambasted me.
The afternoon was like most of the afternoons I spent as volunteer coach of the All-Stars. I think that’s what had the moms upset. I taught my 7-year-old girls cheers, hugged them when …
By Lisa Cohn, Special to The Christian Science Monitor
During a girls’ soccer game in Portland, Ore., Sue Mak gaped in horror as the coach for the opposing team screamed at his 9-year-old daughter for playing poorly, and then ripped off her shirt. The girl wrapped her arms around her bare chest and cried.
“I was mortified,” says Ms. Mak, …
By Lisa Cohn
During this podcast interview with the Specialized Foundation, I learned about recent studies that show how exercise boosts brain function, attention and concentration in kids with ADHD–and everyone else. The foundation has partnered with Stanford University to fund research to better understand the effects of exercise on brain function and cognition in children with ADHD. During the …
By Lisa Cohn
In this “Ultimate Sports Parent Radio” podcast, I interview two Positive Coaching Alliance leaders, discussing why girls drop out of sports at rates six times higher than boys. Listen here:
Why Girls Drop Out of Sports More Often than Boys
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My story for Mothering, “PTA Presidents and Soccer Moms are the New Face of Cannabis,” attracted more than 3,300 Facebook shares, which was a pleasant surprise!
When I first wrote the article, I decided to use a pen name, a decision I now regret. I used the pen name, as I mention in the story, because my family members were …
Is your family ready to own an all-electric car? Take the test by reading this article in Portland Parent.
Have other mothers out there ever been the targets of moms who compete and bully?
I sure have. I wrote about my experiences in this piece recently published by True Parent Magazine, a new parenting magazine in Portland that is for “parents who keep it real.”
Here’s how my article, “The Mean Mom Olympics: Adventures with Moms who Bully, Hate …