We have been doing a lot of baking. Apparently so have lots of other people, because when I went to the grocery store last weekend, there was no baking powder anywhere. That was something I wasn’t anticipating a shortage of. But my dad came to the rescue and found some at WalMart when he had […]
Parenting
Day 20: A Message For The Teachers
Number 6 is nine years old and in 4th grade. Of all the kids, he is struggling the most with distance learning. He has very little tolerance for frustration, and his default reaction is crying. I often call it rage crying. He goes from zero to a hundred in like 3 seconds. I think wrestling […]
Day 19: Why Distance Learning Is Hard For Parents
I was a teacher for over ten years. I stopped teaching when I got married and had kids. Back in my teaching days, I had many parent-teacher conferences. And I had many parent-teacher conferences where I’d tell a parent how quiet or well-behaved or respectful their son or daughter was and they would look at […]
Day 17: Reflections
In my membership group, I encourage everyone to spend some time on Sundays reflecting on the past week and thinking about the things they want to keep doing, the things they want to stop doing, and the things they want to start doing. As the weekend winds down, I thought I would share some of […]
Day 15: Reaching New Levels
You might think that having lots of kids at home 24/7 at a time like this would make life even more challenging than it already is. But actually, lots of kids means there is always at least one other person to play with. And this can be helpful to me since I work from home. […]
Day 14: Papa
I am very close with my parents. And so are the kids. My dad has always been my go-to babysitter. When I was little, I had a very special relationship with my grandmother (my dad’s mom), and the kids are all super fortunate to have the same relationship with my dad. You know that movie […]