The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Most dog trainers say dogs aren’t hard to teach. Their humans, however, are a different story. Almost any dog can be persuaded with the right reward […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I have good news on this rainy Monday morning. This parenting thing so many of us are grappling with and trying to do well? Sometimes, it […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I have a condition many parents suffer from: Worst Case Scenario Syndrome or WCSS. It’s not in the official book of diseases because I just made […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 For decades, we’ve known that sex sells – products, movies, just about anything. But now nostalgia is gaining ground. Yesterday my 15-year-old daughter asked if we […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’m almost 21 years into this motherhood gig, and time is a great teacher. Here are three “rules” I’d ditch if I were a new parent. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 The next time I get on a plane, I hope I sit next to an animal behaviorist. Because I have questions. When I watch our three […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 You know how people say you shouldn’t make big decisions after highly emotional events? Because you might not be thinking clearly? Or it might be a […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When Tom and I were newly married more than 20 years ago, we became friends with a couple named Jim and Barbara. They were older than […]