Parenting with three kids in three different schools is never easy. Today with virtual school or hybrid or both it's even worse. Parenting and schooling in a pandemic, has proven extra challenging, and it’s only October. Last week, my Steady Eddie middle kid wasn’t so steady. Parents who have a ... Read More about What Kids Are Learning This Year In (or out) of School
Talking About Sex with Your Kids
During what I have deemed "sex-ed season" in our house, there are many colorful dinner table conversations. It seems all three school-aged children learn varying degrees of human body functions and processes that information in my kitchen during the month of May. One night The Husband had them all ... Read More about Talking About Sex with Your Kids
The Healing Power of Connecting Online
“My best friends live in my computer.” That is the sticker I saw on someone’s laptop the first time I ever ventured to a conference full of bloggers. I knew immediately I had found my people. I am probably the only parent that I know who doesn’t stress out about the amount of time my ... Read More about The Healing Power of Connecting Online
Communicating Well with Kids Means Listening
I once read a book about raising boys (I wasn't even a parent yet, just an overexcited teacher) that said all kinds of important things, but one fact stuck with me; boys want to talk just as much as girls, they just don't want anyone to realize it. The suggestion the author made was to engage boys ... Read More about Communicating Well with Kids Means Listening
Trusting Your Parenting Gut
He told him what was for snack. I remember the night perfectly. I was exiting my son's bedroom in order to let my husband have a turn at goodnight, I overheard my son tell his dad what he had for snack at school. For almost two years, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday this bedtime reporting ... Read More about Trusting Your Parenting Gut
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