We were two polite, blonde girls from small towns in the Midwest. She, a beauty pageant queen who loved photography, and me, a music-loving homecoming queen during our high school years. We both found ourselves at a small college in Southern Illinois. While we never actually hung out during college, it was our years as […] The post To My Friend Who Became a Mom Before I Did … I’m Sorry for Leaving You appeared first on St. Louis Mom ..read more

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Middle school and high school are times of great change for kids. Classes change, interests change, and quite often, friends change. It’s inevitable that our kids will meet new people and expand or change their circles of friends. Add to that the fact that as they get older our kids take on more of the […] The post New Friends, Now What? appeared first on St. Louis Mom ..read more

Do you know how to tell if your child or teen needs mental health intervention?   The kids are really going through it.  Things are so different than when you and I grew up: social media was not a thing for many of us when we were our children’s age, and the only drills I […] The post How Do I Know If My Child or Teen Needs Help with Mental Health? appeared first on St. Louis Mom ..read more

We’ve all been there, haven’t we?   We have set aside vacation time, booked our stays, purchased flights or made the road trips, packed for ourselves and others, planned thoughtful itineraries and ended up on family vacations that are fun in theory, or part of the time, but are also full of moments of disconnection, […] The post Five Ways to Keep Connection at the Center of Family Travel appeared first on St. Louis Mom ..read more

Vaping is a topic moms need to tackle with their kids. Siteman makes it a little easier with this sponsored post. It isn’t your imagination. Moms (and dads) are noticing more and more kids vaping. There are plenty of reasons why it’s caught on so quickly. With “fun” flavors and toy-like pens, vaping seems downright […] The post Clearing the Air: Vaping, Kids, and “The Talk” appeared first on St. Louis Mom ..read more

STL Fertility is committed to education about infertility, as evidenced by this sponsored post.This Monday marked the start of National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW), an initiative started in 1989 by RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, and what is now the largest public awareness campaign that addresses the public health issue of infertility.  Although many of […] The post Infertility is Not a Secret Anymore: The Conversation Has Changed appeared first on St. Louis Mom ..read more

“Five YEARS old?!” Sorry to yell, but I have to, literally, to snap myself back into reality just to grasp how fast that time has gone. You see, my baby (not so much now) is turning five and with that BIG milestone, also entering kindergarten. Looking back at all the memories in these last five […] The post Baby, You’re Going to Be Alright: COVID Kindergarteners appeared first on St. Louis Mom ..read more