parenting

When Parenting Techniques Backfire

December 8, 2009

Snap at bedtime:  Mom, these are your choices. You can give me a cookie now or you can wait and give it to me after you read my story. Nicely played, dear, but um…no. Possibly Related Posts: Gee Thanks, Kids Mangia! Mangia! Kindergarten Biology Lesson The View from Here Too Busy Playing to Blog

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His Achy Breaky Little Heart

November 20, 2009

I knew it would happen. I just didn’t anticipate it happening at such a young age. One of my little peas has a broken heart. ALREADY. ~~~~~~~~~ Split pulled a fast one on us one day last week. He claimed to have a tummy ache and said he couldn’t go to school. Because we’d had [...]

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Simple Gifts

November 13, 2009

With Christmas quickly approaching, those obnoxious toy commercials are airing at an alarming rate. And the message being pounded into our consumerism-driven heads is “Buy this! Buy that!” But you know what I’ve noticed? Our children don’t actually play with most of their toys. No, they (like most other kids, I suspect) are just as [...]

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Learning to Love a New Routine

October 6, 2009

It’s no secret that I have had a difficult time dealing with letting go of my 4-year-olds. Sending them to pre-k was tough for me. I know that makes very little sense to some of you. I get that it’s kind of odd that I wanted to hold on so tightly. But here’s the thing. [...]

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Graceful parenting.

January 27, 2009

(photo by Officially a Mom) Because I need to be reminded and because someone else may benefit from reading it, here is a really wonderful quote from Dr. Tim Kimmel's Grace-Based Parenting: "Children brought up in homes where they are free to be different, vulnerable, candid, and to make mistakes learn firsthand what the genuine [...]

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