Another rainy day? No worries, you can keep you kids busy with this idea: There’s nothing more exciting to a child than getting themselves all dirty. As parents and caregivers we’re always telling them to stay clean, to wash their hands and don’t touch. Now you’re going to give them the opportunity to touch and to get dirty and to play! And that’s by using finger paints. Here’s what we do. We cover the entire floor with plastic bags. Then {Read More}
This isn’t going to be your typical post about a 2 or 3-year old throwing a fit. Instead, this is about a perpetually 39 year old throwing a fit. That’s right, I threw a fit this morning. It wasn’t pretty, it wasn’t acceptable and there is no taking it back. It does give me the opportunity to show to my kids that I am human, I get overwhelmed and make mistakes. And it gives me an opportunity to model humility {Read More}
I’m a daughter, granddaughter, mother, and grandmother. This simple fact of life gives me a quadruple layer in my view of things. Because I’ve experienced life through these four particular lenses, I respond to people and events from all four spheres. Take, for instance, the “rock-cital” I attended the other day. My grandson and granddaughter were both performing; grandson on the drums and granddaughter on guitar and vocals. What a wonderful night! As I’m watching the show, the stage represented {Read More}
Today’s guest post is by my friend, Cindy Rushton. If you currently homeschool or have ever thought about homeschooling then read on and then take a look at what Cindy’s got up her sleeve over at the Ultimate Homeschool Expo 2010 Setting Up Your Home to Learn! By Cindy Rushton Homeschooling? Thinking about Homeschooling? BUT…do you have to turn your home into a school? No, my dear friend, you do not need to turn your home into a school. Your {Read More}
By Aurelia Williams, author of Understanding Your Teen If you are the parent of a teenager, you are familiar with mood swings. One minute, your teen is happy and loving, the next they are sullen or angry. These mood swings can happen fast and can seem to come out of nowhere and it’s one of the reasons I created my Understanding Your Teen Guide. You may find yourself wondering what you did or said to cause this shift in your {Read More}
How many times have you heard that in the last few weeks? When I was a work-at-home mom, summer holidays felt like they would never end. Who thought giving children two months off school was a great idea? “I’m Bored” is a refrain heard often through out the summer. No matter how many books, games, movies, and activities you provide, school age child always seem to find ways to be bored more then anything else. Last weekend I was chatting {Read More}
Guest Post Submitted by Sharon Silver The economy has everyone stressed and working harder than usual. The end of the day finds you exhausted and saturated with the events of the adult world. All you want to do is decompress yet your child wants 100% of your attention, and the evening collision begins. Mom needs to get dinner ready or bedtime will be late and dad needs to send an email before work tomorrow. Your child doesn’t care, she wants {Read More}
I honestly do NOT believe for one minute that I was born organized. No way! I believe however, that my mom provoked that organizational bone in my body to be more active. She is after all a very organized person. Everything is in its place and she knows where that is. She plans things out ahead of time, when my dad will allow and she has her act together. Now, as a child I was not organized. In fact, I {Read More}
Do you hope, wish, long to be the person who has “got it all together”. You know those types they seem to be able to juggle the many roles that they have in life with such ease. They seem to always have a smile on their face and a jump in their step. Their crying baby, wrinkled clothes, and unruly preschooler don’t exist, because their children are perfectly behaved and they area always dressed to a T. Is this really {Read More}
Recently, my 5 year old son cut my 22 month old daughter’s beautiful curly hair to the point where we had to get her a short haircut and the curls are now all gone. I was obviously disappointed. I showed this disappointment clearly and for days he has had to endure the comments from both myself and others about this disappointment. I can remember as a child doing things that disappointed my parents, and they like I did recently showed {Read More}
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