Raising kind kids with parenting that empowers
Growing up, everyone has a time when they wet the bed. Whether they are a toddler or older child, it’s something that is almost a milestone in growing up. But it gets old both as the child and as the parent. With our oldest, we had the rule of no underwear until she had at […]
I remember the days of bringing home our first child and thinking just how tired and overwhelmed I was. And then we moved across country soon after our second. Then our third came into the world and all I could think about was how fast time had gone by and how I was missing out […]
I remember walking into my fifth grade class wearing a really comfortable pair of pink pants that I was super proud of when I heard someone say very condescendingly “Nice pants.” It sucked the wind right out of my sails — so much so I can still feel the hurt of those words decades later. But […]
If you’ve just had a baby, you may be ready to get back to your pre-pregnancy workout routine but now you have a few new challenges to face. For example, what will you do with your baby while you exercise? How will you find the time in your already busy schedule to make time to […]
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Radio Flyer. The opinions and text are all mine. As a child, I remember roaming around my parents’ wooded backyard, enjoying nature and exploring what it had to offer. And then one day as I was digging in the dirt, I found an arrowhead. […]
A large whiteboard hangs in our small hallway between the bathroom and the kitchen. On it, you would see the name of each child in our family over the age of three years old and 25 small circles drawn under each. When initialed, they represent $2 each; but the kids can’t start earning until they […]
