I get into a LOT of discussions on Facebook. Many are just shallow, meaningless things…but occasionally they go deeper. Today a mom on one of the groups I am a member of asked this question: Moms with adult children living […]
12 Tips on Children and Chores
Featured image CC by David D Ah, chores… Dreaded by both kids and parents alike. Kids hate doing them, parents hate having to enforce them. I don’t have all the answers, and things are NOT going smoothly in our house…but […]
A-Ha Moment!
So, I’m re-listening to the book “Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids” by Dr. Laura Markham right now…I ran out of audiobooks to listen to, and I thought now would be a good time to re-listen to this seriously EXCELLENT book that […]
Playful Parenting fun!
I am on Dr. Larry Cohen‘s email list, and I love it! Just was sent this adorable and fun sounding tip, that was too cute to not share: To help make mealtimes more fun and less stressful (and to get […]
time to drag out my playful parenting book
tyren is seriously exhausting us. just in the past couple weeks he has been throwing the most hideous tantrums and fighting us on everything, and i mean EVERYTHING. good god its exhausting. i’m crossing my fingers its just a phase […]
good lord but parenting is HARD!
i know i am growing and changing all the time…loosening up on some things and perhaps strengthening my convictions on others. there are things i feel strongly about today i probably won’t a year from now. things come and go […]
what do you REALLY want for your kids?
i just got this wayne dyer video from the library. its REALLY old, he’s got hair in it! LOL! not much, but some…and he only has 5 kids in it and i’m pretty sure they went on to have 8 […]
fantastic series on teaching your kids to work
i am so glad i found this!! what a great series! Part I, Whose Job is It? Part II, Getting Rid of the Clutter Part III, Let Them Help Part IV, It Takes Time Part V, Work Together Part VI, […]