The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Teenagers have it rough. Sometimes I tell our teenager that, even though I’m a couple decades past that phase of my life, I remember it well […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Let’s just call it what it is. You’re putting it off. Avoiding. Dodging. Hiding. Running. It has many names, but the most popular one – procrastination […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There’s one question that haunts me. I can’t shake it. No matter how many times I answer, it comes back for more, more, more: “What’s for […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When I turn out of my neighborhood and get to the first stoplight, I have to choose. Turn left and I run smack into road construction. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Generally speaking, I enjoy grocery shopping – the piles of fresh produce, the seasonal displays, the cute helium balloons tied to the check-out lanes. But if […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Sometimes when I look at my 14-year-old son and his 12-year-old brother – the one speeding down the on-ramp to join his brother in the teenage […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 One of the things I hear my kids worrying about far too often is this: What should I be when I grow up? Kids who don’t […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I wouldn’t say this directly to my kids because they might take it the wrong way. But here’s the truth: Back-to-school time makes me happy. It’s […]