Tag: parenting

The Dreaded Summer Slide

The Dreaded Summer Slide

I know we just finished school a week ago, but the thought has crept into my head - the dreaded summer slide. Summer slide...
Treasure Chest "Un-Reward" System for Kids

Treasure Chest “Un-Reward” System for Kids

I might not be a Mom that bribes her kids often, but I do love to surprise my three kiddos every once in a...

Maybe Empathy is Everything

Empathy is defined as "the ability to understand and share the feelings of another." I am starting this post out like a college essay,...

Well Child: What You Might Expect at Your Child’s Checkup

I'd been putting off my daughter's four year checkup for two weeks, but because I need to register her for preschool, I could not...

Be Nice to Your Quaranteens

When you were a teenager, could you have imagined, outside of being put on restriction for something you did, being told you couldn’t leave...
Behind Every Princess, There is a Brave Daddy/Prince

Behind Every Princess, There is a Brave Daddy/Prince

We get the looks alright: confused, charmed, captivated, and condescending. However, the looks float right over the tiara-wearing head of my little princess, who...
The Struggle of Being a Scrunchy Mom

The Struggle of Being a Scrunchy Mom

After having my now sixteen-month-old, I joined a few different “crunchy” mom groups because that is what I thought I was. I joined these...
Flashbacks of a Poor Childhood

Flashbacks of a Poor Childhood: Hindsight is 2020

If you’ve been anywhere on the planet these past few weeks, you’ll know that grocery shopping has now become a spin-off of the Hunger...
To My High School Senior

To My High School Senior

The world has certainly thrown us for a loop these last few weeks. I thought I was going to buy the local grocery store...
How to Survive Shopping with a Toddler

How to Survive Shopping with a Toddler

I have spent the last ten years in the trenches with toddlers and there were times I felt like I would literally rather die...