There are a lot of children these days who spend way too much time in front of a screen. I don’t have to be any sort of parenting expert, doctor, or educator to confidently say that there are a lot of kids who spend too much time in front of a screen. They are everywhere! …
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My sons are close to 18 months apart. Actually, if we want to get technical and I use my tired mom brain to do the math…..they are 16 months apart. Ugh! 16 months! My head hurts just thinking about it. What was I thinking? In hindsight, I can tell you that I am grateful that …
All parents should volunteer at their kids’ school. I know most parents are SUPER busy, and volunteering at the place where they send their kids so that they can get all their other stuff done seems like an unnecessary burden. But here’s the thing. When you are in your kids’ school on a weekly (or …
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I feel a bit like I’m going against the grain here. The pressure is on now for parents to put their kids in after school sports, dance, clubs, tutoring, enrichment. It goes on and on. And often it seems like the parents who are doing it, who are signing up their kids for martial arts …
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Ah, Star Wars. I’m in the middle of introducing my children to the Star Wars universe. They are a little young for the movies….they can’t really handle intense scenes, even the ones that we see in innocuous cartoons. But I just can’t wait to start teaching them about the universe and the characters….so we’ve been …
Star Wars Quotes About Parenting (That Pretty Much Sum It Up) Read More »
I have three children. I love them more than anything in the world. And I’m not just saying that. It’s the truth. There’s nothing I love more than those children. I can’t even quantify it. Sometimes that love is hard to put into words. This is why I’ve put together this epic post of all …
Ugh. Bedwetting. This is an issue in my house, and has been an issue in my house going on now for close to two years. I have two boys. They are close together, less than two years apart. I didn’t push to potty train them, and they were day trained when they were around three …
My kid is messy. Like seriously messy. And I can’t be the only one who is raising slovenly children, despite my best efforts, can I? In this article, I’m talking through my child’s bad habits, and (from the perspective of a parent) how I can work through this with him. My Child is Messy Seriously, …
No, Nacho Parenting isn’t a parenting style adopted by people from Mexico, Central or South America, or any other country in the world where nachos are consumed or Spanish is spoken. Nacho parenting is a style of parenting that is or can be or even should be adopted by the non-parent in a relationship, where …
I have started babies on solids three times (my two boys and then my girl). I started them on solids at different times, for different reasons. Part of the timing had to do with them (what they were individually ready for), and also what I as the parent was ready for. I started my first …
