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Archives for September 2014
Open House. Stop wasting our time. And yours.
Back in the day, after you were in school for a few weeks or even a month, you had Back to School Night. Your teachers would have you make some cute stuff and have it hanging on bulletin boards and placed on the desks for the parents to look at. There wasn’t email, or the […]
A lot can happen in 36 hours.
Yesterday I wrote about Number 7’s first day of preschool. It didn’t go so well. I’ve done quite a bit of thinking between the time I picked her up at noon last Friday until drop off this morning at 9 a.m. I wasn’t worried about Number 7’s emotional well-being. I knew she wasn’t traumatized or scarred […]
This could be the Longest. Year. Of. Pwe. School. Evuh.
When you are the youngest of seven, you have to learn how to fend for yourself. You have to learn how to stand up to your older brothers and sisters. You have to learn how to make yourself be heard. Those things aren’t really that hard for Number 7. When you are the youngest, it […]
Digging New Grooves — What I Discovered 6 Weeks Into My Yell-Less Journey
So I haven’t yelled in six weeks. It feels good. It feels good knowing I have maintained control over myself. It feels good knowing that I have set a good example for the kids (not in every department, but at least in this one). And it’s not like it’s been easy or that it’s become automatic. […]
Six weeks yell-free. I’m digging my new groove.
So I haven’t yelled in six weeks. It feels good. It feels good knowing I have maintained control over myself. It feels good knowing that I have set a good example for the kids (not in every department, but at least in this one). And it’s not like it’s been easy or that it’s become automatic. […]