Youth Sports, They’ll Make you Crazy If You Let Them
by Chris Jordan
Yet it is easy to get sucked in when you hear about what other parents are doing. It is easy to worry that you are putting your child at a disadvantage. But when thoughts like that invade my head I ask myself honestly, at a disadvantage for what? Winning another dust collecting trophy?
Ten Things The Baby Books Miss
by Chris Jordan
The front door opens and shuts. In walks my teenage son.
Uh, Mom?
Yes?
I crashed the car.
I turned to my friend.
You know? There isn’t a place for this in the baby book.
Homework, How Much Should Parents Do
by Chris Jordan
I finally let go when I realized I was not doing my children any favors by doing their work for them, even though deep down I feel as though I am judged when my children hand in less than perfect homework assignments.
Letting Your Kids Go
by Chris Jordan
One of the most difficult things I have found about being a mother surprised me. It wasn’t the sleepless nights or the tantrums. It wasn’t the whining or the endless bickering. It wasn’t even the fights about going to bed and then the same fights about getting up in the morning. No, the most difficult thing about being a mother has been letting them go.
I Am Not Giving My Kids Everything
by Chris Jordan
As the years have passed and my children have grown, I realize I don’t give my children everything. And even more importantly, I don’t want to give my children everything.
Talking to Children About Violent News Stories
by Chris Jordan
I have been asked several times over the past week how I was talking to my young children about the shootings in Arizona. And my answer is the same as it is with any random violent act which occurs, I’m not.
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