The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Here’s a tricky question: How do you teach your kids a lesson you’re not sure you’ve learned yourself? That’s the dilemma Tom and I find ourselves […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 You don’t realize how important your floors are until someone says you can’t walk on them – for a week. Unless you have a weird system […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Yesterday I showed up at the right place, on the right day and at the right time for my kid’s doctor appointment with an allergy specialist. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My eyes were shut tight, but I could hear his approach. His guttural breathing came out slow, deep, and just loud enough to let me know […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Today I flashed back about 35 years ago to a time when I went to play at a friend’s house for the afternoon. This friend had […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Tweens and teenagers are infamous for their not-so-pleasant qualities – the eye-rolling, the obstinance, and the way sarcasm becomes their primary language. But they don’t get […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Most people don’t like endings. They like beginnings because they’re exciting. Or they like the middle of a story, when the action is typically at its […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 This morning as I was settling into my desk chair to begin work, our dog Cooper walked over to me with the “kill” in his mouth. […]