In Defense of Youth Sports
Several of my young children are competitive athletes. These are the lessons my children have learned over the years from involvement in youth sports.
Several of my young children are competitive athletes. These are the lessons my children have learned over the years from involvement in youth sports.
I don’t want my kids to become desensitized. I don’t want them to think it is okay to make fun of other people or feel superior to other people.
Want to read some new books about parenting and then discuss them with other parents? We are going to do just that!
An important topic for our teenagers, who may not grasp the concept of the long term consequences of what they are posting on social media.
“Do not paint any walls in your house with flat paint” is just one of our many helpful tips for staying sane while raising children.
There has been plenty of research that points out how homework isn’t really helping anyone. Let’s discuss.
Once you accept that your kids will be monitored around school by a tracking device, what’s next? Should we have a problem with schools tracking our children with chips embedded in their school ids?
When I read “The Five Love Languages of Children” years ago it truly revolutionized the way I parented my children. I remember there were several moments while reading when a light bulb would go off and I wanted to smack myself on the forehead for missing what seemed, in retrospect, so obvious. Rereading the book this time I was struck by how much I had forgotten.
The years will fly by. I know right now you can’t believe that. But I am telling you as I sit on the other side of parenting, eighteen years in, they will.
This is the time of year when we all start to thinks about being thankful. It is the time when we reflect on the past year and consider where we want to go in our lives in the upcoming one. How have you helped your children be thankful for all they are blessed with?
Having said that, there is no magic formula for parenting kids (wouldn’t THAT be nice!), but I think that this book has helped me realize some areas where I can improve, especially when it comes to the way that I communicate with my children. I feel like this book gave me ideas to make things better. It is easy to get “stuck” in one way of doing something and not be able to see your way out of it, even when you know it isn’t the best way. How many of us have had the horrified realization of hearing our own parents’ voices coming out of our mouths?
What are the things that you want to do with your kids before they leave childhood behind? I feel like I can write this list with authority now that I have almost grown kids. Most of these things my children have done, except for my oldest who still has not mastered the cartwheel. It is something that makes me laugh every time he attempts it.
Inspired by Ann Curry, why we’re publicly pledging to do #26Acts of Kindness in honor of the 26 lives lost in Newtown, CT.
We discuss the science of parenting book, NurtureShock, which promises to turn all of our long held assumptions about parenting on their head.
It’s time to vote for our February parenting book club selection. I hope a lot of you made it your New Year resolution to read more and will be joining us.
How can we make our children realize that lying and cheating are wrong when they see people whom they admire lie and cheat?
A couple of my children have lice and nits. That’s it. There is nothing to do but shave our heads and burn down the house. Just kidding. This is how I got rid of it and cared for my home after the lice discovery.
You know the old adage, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree? Well, sometimes it does. Andrew Solomon explores in his new book what happens in families when the apple doesn’t just fall from the tree, it rolls far, far away.
These are the good things that I have discovered over the past six months about having a dog and why you should get one for your family.
It is time to choose our next book for our book club. I am so excited. Every single one of these books touches on a parenting issue near and dear to my heart.