by Tom Catanzaro | May 20, 2024 | Parenting
On April 1 of this year (2024), we celebrated three years since we uprooted our whole family – five children, a Grammy, and a dog named Kai – during the Covid-19 pandemic from Southern California and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. As many of our...
by Tom Catanzaro | Apr 16, 2024 | Parenting
I am a perfectionist, which means I am always trying to crack the code of the perfect life, the perfect family, the perfect career, and the perfect world. I work tirelessly to make the best possible decisions to get the best possible outcomes so I (and everyone around...
by Tom Catanzaro | Mar 27, 2024 | Parenting
We were all sick. Everyone in the house was miserable. We had just gotten through Thanksgiving and we were staring down the barrel of another busy Christmas. I was behind on all my projects and my stress level was high. I was getting short with the kids,...
by Tom Catanzaro | Mar 20, 2024 | Parenting
So you finally get a break! You actually woke up when your alarm went off at that ungodly hour because, miraculously, a child didn’t wake you up in the middle of the night. Time for some you-time! Or your spouse comes home and says, “I know you probably had a hard...
by Tom Catanzaro | Mar 15, 2024 | Parenting
“Finally, we’re home!…that was exhausting…I can’t believe I have to go back to work tomorrow…I don’t feel rested yet…I need a vacation from my vacation?” Have you ever said things like this immediately after you get home from vacation? We recently took a...
