The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3   My kids did something last week that convinced me they’re not all that different than kids were several generations ago. With free time on their […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Recently we took the kids to an amusement park. While the boys and I rode the big stuff, Tom chaperoned Kate on kiddie rides because his […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 One day Tom accused me of not being able to admit when I’m wrong. I told him he was probably wrong about that, but I did […]

Dear Jack, Eight years ago tonight, we met for the first time. I was the exhausted woman with the lovely epidural drip. You were the very red, very loud newborn who came roaring into the […]

When our daughter Kate was almost 3, I walked into the living room and caught her climbing the wall – literally. She’d scaled a wingback chair and stepped from the top onto a window ledge. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 For generations, parents have been taking note of first steps, first words, and first days of school. But today’s parents also witness a whole new breed […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There’s a countdown underway. My boys announce it each morning as they bound down the stairs to leave for school. “Seven more days of school, Mom!” […]

 By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Today I got a rejection letter for a book manuscript. It hurt. It wasn’t the first one and won’t be the last, but it still hurt. […]