Well I did it. I did one more thing that I swore I would never do as a mother.
Do you have past memories of how someone parented you or how you saw a parent handle something that till this day you swear to yourself that you will never do, that you will never cross that [...]
Dear LeapFrog,
Yes, in fact we did love the last product you sent to our home. This girl loves reading but your Tag Junior does it in a completely new and fun way. We have had it for a month and the girl still isn’t tired of it. It is high quality, the batteries don’t die and [...]
Today’s guest post is by Emily Hill. By day she is the mother of four children; by night (okay, and day too) she is the co-owner of georgie tees and a contributing writer for Boutique Cafe, Polliwogged and her company’s blog, freshly baked.
A little background first. After our two girls were five and three years [...]
Today I STOPPED what I was doing and PLAYED coloring with a fairy and purple eating crayon monster.
Wintertime ideas to STOP and PLAY:
-Sit outside with a sketch pad and stare at the blank trees look at their shape, how beautiful they are behind those leaves and sketch it!
-Play with your child the activity you usually have [...]
Over the past few months I have received quite a few questions relating to motherhood. Asking how to stay inspired, how to stay grateful, how to stay happy, how to make sure you take care of yourself personally, how to ”provide yourself with meaningful, intellectual, stimulating activities while still being the world’s number one mom.” I wanted [...]
From Oprah.com
Hundreds of thousands of children are victims of sexual abuse each year. Due to the sheer lack of resources, law enforcement is unable to follow up on the majority of leads they have.
The PROTECT Our Children Act will:
Authorize over $320 million over the next five years in desperately needed funding for law enforcement to [...]
I have been getting pretty frustrated lately with my daughter’s hitting problem, mainly hitting her baby sister. Consistent time outs, taking toys away, taking stickers off of her job chart….it wasn’t working.
I read this article in the August issue of Parents “Discipline For Softies” written by Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D. and president of the American [...]
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I wanted to share two somewhat conflicting views and advice on boundaries, rules and discipline with our infant and toddlers. I would love to hear your input, opinions and suggestions.
I had a friend summarize the Babywise approach to this as explained in the Book Babywise 2:
Just like in the first Babywise, the [...]
(Peter Pan Giveaway is two posts down)
Gratitude
#1 way my parents taught us this is by volunteering for our community.
We volunteered as a familywith things from Sub for Santa to helping clean up people’s homes after a flood.
If your children are old enough to join (or start!) a Community Service Club, sign them up! In different schools I [...]
This goes along with last week’s Wednesday Mid Week Rambling of making your child feel special.
Here is a great simple activity to do with your children to teach them of their individual worth/helping them to feel special.
First trace an outline of your child’s silhouette or trace their whole body onto some butcher paper or even [...]
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