Not That Mom
You know that mom who makes it all look effortless. She sews, bakes and organizes class parties. I am a good mom, but I am not that mom.
You know that mom who makes it all look effortless. She sews, bakes and organizes class parties. I am a good mom, but I am not that mom.
A parents first inclination is save our children when something goes wrong in their lives. Truth is we all learn better through making our own mistakes.Â
How young is too young for a time-out? Here you’ll find some helpful things you can try when your little one needs some time out to calm down.
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.
We have the illusion of control and the peace of mind that comes with technology. But are we better parents or the same parents with more to feel guilty about?
What has happened for me as parent is redefining what actually matters, not getting as caught up in the small things, and choosing my battles wisely. Â
At what age does comfort finally edge out the risk?
I was worried about what my kids would think of the things I wrote about them, turns out I should have worried about what they would write about ME.
I work from home doing something I love. I am lucky. I recognize this, yet I worry about how this particular job choice affects my children.
What happens when you leave your tween son’s punishment in the hands of his siblings? Hilarity, that’s what.
Mothering isn’t about the big issues, it’s about the small lessons we pick up along the way. They are the things our children will remember us for, good or bad.
What no one tell you is that while you are longing for some space, one day the roles will reverse. You will be the needy one in the relationship.
I’ve been thinking about the qualities that people most often comment about in my children and how they learned those things.
This is the first in a series of posts on Family Traditions. Here Liz Stanley shares the origins of a family birthday tradition.
As we enter into the Thanksgiving holiday I think it is important to think about all of the things that we have in our lives for which we are thankful. You know aside from the obvious ones, friends, family, health…. What are the things make my life better on a daily basis.
I remember when I was a child my grandmother had certain programs on television that she liked to watch. She referred to them as her “shows.”Â
Lying is a necessary part of parenting. Any parent that tells me they never lie to their kids, well, I think they are lying.
The eternal holiday question: Is Santa lying to your kids, harmless fun…or something more meaningful than that?
Maybe the question isn’t why some kids are bullies, but rather why the rest of the kids are not stepping up to stop it.
On route to our first family vacation, we survived taxis and airports and transfers. But nothing prepared us for the wall-hitting boredom of the…customs line.