On Life With Three
A reader follows-up with Amalah asking her how life looks like now raising three kids.
A reader follows-up with Amalah asking her how life looks like now raising three kids.
Let’s make a pact to remove this word from our vocabularies. Shoulds make you feel like a failure and get in the way of you appreciating what you actually do.
We look at other parents say, I will never be like that! We are full of self righteous indignation and feel confident in our superior parenting skills! Then it happens. One day you recognize yourself in some other parent and it isn’t a good thing.
It can be hard for things to return back to normal after the kids return home from a visit with the other parent. A mom shares her hard-earned words of wisdom.
I’ve been thinking about the qualities that people most often comment about in my children and how they learned those things.
I’m making some resolutions this year. And what better place to start than with some of my less-than-exemplary parenting habits?
We all struggle with different areas of motherhood. There is no such thing as a perfect mother. We all have different strengths. We all have our weaknesses.
Your child is approaching or in preadolescence. This new phase of development may seem fairly natural and normal to you, but it’s probably the exact opposite to your child. Puberty can be embarrassing, awkward and scary. For that reason, any puberty advice or information you give your child now is only going to help their comfort level during this transitional time.
This is the first in a series of posts on Family Traditions. Here Liz Stanley shares the origins of a family birthday tradition.
Raising kids to understand the value of money and understand the importance of saving money are daunting tasks. We try to break it down into some simple tips.
When we can’t slow things down, when things are speeding by us too quickly, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Maybe we just need to hang on and enjoy the ride.
Being a mother to four boys, wife to one husband and owner of one male dog has taught me quite a few things about boys.
Back to school seems more than a fitting time of the year to make some resolutions. A time to reinvent our routines and make them work for us.
When parenting, although it may seem like rewards and bribes are identical twins there are ways to tell the difference, and it’s an important distinction.
5 tips for parents on being more present and less distracted when spending time with your children.
I do think it’s possible to make simple birthday cakes yourself (with very little skill) at home. I’ve collected a few ideas to share with you.
I’m trying to develop friendships with other families now so our kids will have a network for support later.
If you want to let the kids help in the kitchen, we’ve found some cool things that will make it fun for everyone involved.
Our family won’t be together this week, but that’s okay — it’s helping me focus on what’s really important, and how thankful I truly am.
So much can change in five years, or even one year! What was your family doing this time last year?