Did Summer Make My Kids Dumber?

by Jenn Pipe | Aug 27, 2013 | Current Affairs, Effective Parenting, Kids, Life, Love, self esteem through art

Since much of our summer looked like this, many would argue that our kids didn’t learn anything at all and their brains went to mush. Knowing that I don’t believe in formal dining, formal dressing, formal learning, or pretty much formal anything in the...

A Brutally Honest Look At Why I Loathe This Time of Year

by Jenn Pipe | Aug 24, 2013 | Current Affairs, Effective Parenting, Kids, Life

Quite candidly, if there was a time of year that makes me feel like I am going to lose my shit, it is the time between *right now* and Columbus Day. Summer is my absolute favorite time of year and my 2013 summer hourglass is very quickly running out of sand. This...

How They Talk to Themselves

by Jenn Pipe | May 20, 2013 | Coaching, Current Affairs, Effective Parenting, Kids, Life, self esteem through art

Do you know what your kids are saying to themselves when you aren’t listening? Do you know that the thoughts they think about themselves are tremendously powerful and will shape their future in a positive or a negative way? I taught at the Benjamin Franklin...

For Every Single Parent on the Face of the Earth

by Jenn Pipe | May 1, 2013 | Coaching, Current Affairs, Effective Parenting, Kids, Life, self esteem through art

I recently read a letter that was given to my 12 year-old daughter from a friend of hers. It was meant to celebrate my daughter’s character and applaud her for being a good friend. That message was definitely not lost on me. But, I couldn’t help but take...

This Hits Way Too Close to Home

by Jenn Pipe | Apr 16, 2013 | Current Affairs, Kids, Life, Love, self esteem through art

For probably one of the only times in my 41 year life, I was not in Massachusetts for Marathon Monday yesterday. I was in Newport, RI celebrating my daughter’s 12th birthday alongside three of her friends, my husband, and my 8 year-old daughter. Instead of...

The Meaning Behind the Ink

by Jenn Pipe | Mar 26, 2013 | Current Affairs, Entrepreneurial, Kids, Life, Love, Nu Skin, self esteem through art

Big news: I got a tattoo this month. It has been something I have wanted for at least a couple of years. So many people don’t think I am a “tattoo person” — not sure exactly what that means. If it means that up until this point in my life I...