Your Teen Has a Friend You Don’t Like, 11 Things You Can Do About It
It’s bound to happen. Your kid is going to make a friend that you don’t like. What do you do? How do you know whether to step in or stand back?
It’s bound to happen. Your kid is going to make a friend that you don’t like. What do you do? How do you know whether to step in or stand back?
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.
We want our children to have a happy Christmas and to give them what they want, but how do we help our children appreciate how blessed they are?
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’s the “letting go.”
Summer is the perfect time to establish some new habits and cleaning routines that will free you up to have more time for doing things you enjoy.
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.
Turns out parenting teens is a lot like parenting toddlers, and you’ve already done that. Let us show you the similarities.
I have done some of these things. Some I have done more often than others. Haven’t we all? Because we are human and flawed and sometimes want to take the easy way out of a situation. Or because we really don’t want to make our children upset. Or because we are just weary.
To me it isn’t even a question.We aren’t getting another dog. It is not going to happen. Nope. Never. Not getting a second dog. No thank you.
Do you tell parents if you know their kid is involved in destructive behavior? I happen to think it takes a village, even if it makes me uncomfortable at times.
Family night should be easy, but trust me, what you think is fun and what your children think is fun are often worlds apart. So, we thought up some rules.
How hard can gardening with young children really be? Follow along while I take you through these 36 steps.
Back to school is here! We have some tips to help you start the school year off right and keep things running smoothly throughout the year.
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?
I don’t think perfection in parenting exists, but every day I try, not to reach perfection, but to do the best I can and to learn to appreciate the imperfect.
Do you want your food to look as good as it tastes? Here are some tips for helping to do a better job photographing your food.
What if I told you that the way to get your teenagers to do chores around the house was to use food as motivation? Hear me out.
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.
In the past week I have had conversations with several people about what age is okay to leave your child home alone. What do you think?
My kids love to eat junk food. I want them to eat healthy food. Why not healthy food that pretends to be junk food? That would be a great switch, wouldn’t it?