It sounds kind of cliche- the idea that in parenting my kids I feel like I'm the one who is learning and growing in ways that I couldn't fathom just a few years ago- but it is true and I'm sharing 4 Things I've Learned About Parenting As My Kids Get Older . In fact the older my kids get the more I feel like I glean from our interactions. When they were younger I never imagined that I'd be sitting … [Read more...]
Parents Need to Be a United Front When it Comes to Raising Kids
It took me 17 years but the longer I parent the more I have come to the conclusion that Parents Need to Be a United Front When it Comes to Raising Kids. I'll admit it- I want to be the fun one. I want to be that parent I think my kids crave. Unfortunately when it comes to raising and disciplining my kids I am hungry for their approval, as my husband who could not be more my polar opposite, … [Read more...]
Teaching Children the Gift of Maybe
"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men"--Frederick Douglass But had I asked my parents how could I stay safe so many years ago, what would they have told me? How could they have made me feel hopeful and secure, and at the same time not shield me from the problems that the world was facing at the time? Teaching Children the Gift of Maybe. Thirty years later I … [Read more...]
Sanity-Saving Tips for Road-Tripping With Kids and a Chicco Car Seat Giveaway #TurnAfter2
Sanity-Saving Tips for Road-Tripping With Kids is written in partnership with Chicco It seems unfathomable that it's already summer break; I feel like my kids' childhoods are literally escaping me. My 13-year-old boy has been asking me the most profound questions recently like: "Is there a tube in my nose that connects to my mouth?" UM,not sure what possessed him to contemplate that; perhaps he's … [Read more...]
20 Things Our Children Need Most (NONE OF WHICH IS AN iPHONE)
I'll never forget when my son attended a birthday party and spent quite a bit of time in an arcade where he amassed what seemed like THOUSANDS of tickets. With all those tickets one would assume he'd be able to afford a down-payment on a car-- but what he wanted most was a set of fake fingers. And he actually spent years playing with those fake fingers ( and still does!) Those simple silly plastic … [Read more...]
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