Kari Lomanno is a high school English teacher and former award-winning journalist. She lives in Chesapeake, Virginia with her two kids and her husband of 14 years. Kari spends her free time having fun with her family, reading and writing. In addition to her work with Examiner, she is also the feature writer for the Parenting Resources topic at Suite101.com, and she writes a parenting blog called Momniscient. She enjoys hearing from readers, so please email her with any questions or suggestions for articles.