One of our cats is diabetic, and I found myself in the vet’s waiting room late one afternoon with my two uniformed children, freshly retrieved from their magnet preschool/early elementary school. Their blue and khaki outfits informed the woman sitting across from us of the district they attend. She knew because it turns out she… Read More How to Prevent Your Child From Picking Up Negative Behaviors
I’ll be the first to admit that I am guilty of judging things before I try them, especially in regard to parenting. The list of things I swore off before trying include: dressing my daughter in pink and purple outfits, watching and enjoying Disney movies, and the Elf on the Shelf. My opinion of the Elf… Read More Giving the Elf A Chance
As the parent of a singleton, I’m used to having a lot of “A’s” friends over for extended periods of time. Generally, I’m pretty lax – the kids can do whatever they like (within reason) – build forts with the sofa cushions and throw pillows, have a Nerf gun war, dump Lego pieces all over… Read More Rules for Play Dates: A Child’s Guide to Good Etiquitte
When my brother-in-law (B-I-L) was a child, he was in some dicey situation when his mother said to him, “B-I-L, I want you to BEHAVE!” He responded, “I’m BEING have!” I think that response is just hilarious! But his mother’s words told him clearly that he had crossed the line. I read something in the Huffington Post today… Read More The Secret to “Being Have”
If you just cringed at reading the title I can almost guarantee that you have now or have had a 3-year-old. My daughter will hit this marvelous age in about a week and a half, and I am already starting to see snippets of why I wanted to gouge my eyeballs out when my son… Read More THREE…
“Restaurant Training Wheels” “Kids in restaurants” is one of those sometimes controversial parenting topics. Some parents believe that since kids are people, they have a right to go wherever other people are allowed, including nice restaurants. Some, on the other hand, disagree, thinking that diners who are paying good money to go out to eat… Read More Wisdom Wednesday
As a parent of a two year old, or a child who once was two years old, I am assuming the above image is one you are quite familiar with? My daughter turned two in February and no more than a month passed before some sort of phenomenon occurred. This thing they call “the terrible twos!” I must… Read More Surviving the Terrible Twos
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