How I Get My Reluctant Son to Read Books
I wasn’t an eager reader at 9 years old and neither is my son right now. So, here’s what I do.
I wasn’t an eager reader at 9 years old and neither is my son right now. So, here’s what I do.
The lasts are hard for me to deal with because when they are happening we don’t know that they are the last. It’s in looking back the event has any importance.
You can do a better job of capturing your child in a photo than the school photographer, I promise, even if you don’t have training or a fancy camera.
What about redshirting from the other side of the equation, when these boys are getting ready to graduate and move on to college. Six, eight, ten years later are the parents still happy with their decision?
Here are some free bookmarks for you and your family to use. It’s a gift from us to you to celebrate Drop Everything And Read Day.
I like to work smart and sometimes we need some techniques to help us learn, or just remember so we can look smarter than our fifth grader. Here’s a list of the mnemonics that I think every parent should know.
There are valuable lessons to be learned in all of our relationships, romantic and otherwise. And like so many other things that I was so sure about, I changed my mind. Here are the reasons I let my children “date.”
Practical ways to teach kids at each age about taking care of bills and the household budget.
I know that many kids these days struggle from the alphabet soup of disorders. Why aren’t we talking about it more openly?
It’s easy to get frustrated by the long days of parenting and want to essentially quit before your shift is over. Don’t. It’s not fair to anyone. Including you.
The reason some parents laughed about the dad who shot his daughter’s laptop is because we all know that parenting teens makes the most sane of us act nuts.
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My daughter keeps getting head lice from her best friend! How do I put a stop to it without embarrassing everyone?
My family places importance on good mornings, but we are not good at mornings.
I love the combination of checks and stripes. Even though this outfit is culled from the boys’ department, it really is gender neutral and would look just as great on girls.
What to do when grandparents cross the line of Too Much Stuff and spoil your children, particularly with inappropriate gifts.
Turns out parenting teens is a lot like parenting toddlers, and you’ve already done that. Let us show you the similarities.
How to help an older child stay dry at night…and feeling good about themselves on the nights when they don’t.
I’m trying to develop friendships with other families now so our kids will have a network for support later.