fbpx

Perspectives in Parenting

Lafayette, LA parents

As a mom in Lafayette, LA, sometimes you crave connection with other local parents to get their thoughts, perspectives and opinions about raising children in Acadiana. The perspectives in parenting section of Lafayette Mom provides a place for readers to discover what other families are thinking about a variety of topics facing parents today.

Needless to say, there are various perspectives on parenting and living in Lafayette, LA with kids. The goal of Lafayette Mom is to provide an online platform where all opinions are safe and respected and open for healthy discussion. Lafayette Mom is designed to provide helpful and timely resources for parents in Lafayette, as well as an outlet for local moms to share their opinions and voices.

Within the perspectives in parenting section, readers will discover numerous stories and insight about day-to-day life in Lafayette, LA with kids. Lafayette Moms are honest, authentic and transparent. They are willing to share their parenting journey with readers to ensure that no mom feels like she is alone in her journey. Whether it’s discussing divorce or raising kids without the presence of your own mother, no topic or conversation is off limits.

It wouldn’t be an accurate perspectives in parenting section without the acknowledgment that there are highs and lows for all moms in Lafayette, LA. Whether it’s moving through the muck of marriage with your partner or grieving the loss of a child, we truly believe that the easiest parenting path includes a close knit community of moms. There is very little that we haven’t covered at Lafayette Mom; heck we are even here to tell you about why your weight is the least interesting thing about you.

The team of writers at Lafayette Mom discuss all the important things that Lafayette, LA moms need to know, like why your kids should see a pediatric dentist and when your kids need intervention for thumb sucking.

With a team of more than 20 local moms writing for Lafayette Mom, we pride ourselves on being the premier parenting resource for raising kids in Lafayette, LA. If there’s a resource that your family is looking for and you can’t find it, we hope you will let us know.

Inability to focus? Impatient and impulsive? Problems prioritizing? Emotional outbursts? …No, I’m not describing my toddler. “You have an entire muffin tray smashed into your backseat,” a friend said as she helped me unload supplies from my car. I stared at her...

Jumping in Puddles

It’s 3:45 pm and it is raining. Like, “cats and dogs, pigs and horses” raining. I waited until the last minute to leave work and pick up my youngest son from preschool because, well, I dread getting soaked! Besides,...
I have a confession. I'm not proud to admit this, but when it comes to the fall food drive at my kid's school, I am usually rummaging through the back of the pantry to see what I can send. Needless...
So if you really want to know how I became my kids soccer coach, it is super simple ... I stayed home with the other two kids for the first practice; it was that simple. My husband essentially made...
The idea came to me in a desperate flash of inspiration. I ripped off a section of blank notebook paper, scribbled one word on it and handed it to my daughter. It hadn't been an easy few weeks at...
It feels like everything is closing in. It’s difficult to breathe. There’s nowhere to run. I look across the room and see indignation coming toward me, with vengeance. I’ve never experienced anything like this before. I’ve never seen this...
There are very few moments in this world that can completely alter your life perspective and priority list in one swift move. When my OB put my son, Levi Mitchell, on my chest for the first time, my life...
I had the pleasure of going on my first ever girls' trip this summer. My husband secretly plotted with my BFF and sent me to meet her in Tampa for our trip to the Don Cesar in St. Pete's...
If you want to start an argument, and clearly I do, start a discussion about spanking. It gets way out of control, way fast. Let me lay a disclaimer here, I was spanked as a child. I did not turn...
When my oldest first started communicating with us, without any words, he would bring whatever he wanted to us and look at us with "open this" or "I want this" eyes. But after a whole lotta speech therapy, he started...

FOLLOW US

11,317FansLike
3,553FollowersFollow
87FollowersFollow
503FollowersFollow

GET TO KNOW LAFAYETTE