The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Back in May, I dropped a hint to Tom and the kids that I’d like a new Fitbit activity tracker for Mother’s Day. It’s part wrist-watch […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Just when I thought the machines had truly taken over and that kids’ attention spans had shrunk down to the time it takes to download an […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last night I slept better than I have in a week. There was no sleeping pill involved. No meditation. No hot bubble bath or glass of […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Dear Kids, You asked me the other day what I thought of the stuff we see on the news about the presidential race. As someone who […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Wednesday will be a good day. Because by early afternoon, the kitchen and bathroom counters will be clean, the floors shiny and there’ll be fresh vacuum […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My kids’ education just went up in smoke – again. Friday was their last day in school, so this weekend we held the annual End-of-School Bonfire. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 After you become part of a couple or get married, “you” become a “we,” and “we” is a powerful pronoun. Couples begin many of their sentences […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 For months now, 14-year-old Adam has been asking: “How about now?” And I’ve been saying, “No, absolutely not. You’re still a kid.” He kept on asking, […]