We have never had an American Girl doll. Number 4 has never really been into dolls, and Number 5 would love one, but they’re just way too expensive. So I don’t know that much about them, but I’ve always been under the impression that they were really meant for girls who were around Number 5’s […]
Parenting
Your kid isn’t the best. And it’s okay to be honest with them about that.
I was a kid in the seventies, and I graduated from high school in the eighties. It was the era of Simon and Atari and the Sony Sports Walkman and boomboxes and floppy discs. If you wanted to “tape” your favorite song, you sat next to the radio with a tape recorder for an hour waiting for […]
A snapshot is exactly that. Just a snapshot.
You know when you see those shows like the Duggars Do New York or when Jon and Kate plus Eight took their whole herd to Hawaii? You know how all the kids either have a buddy or how there is an extra grown up or three and everything runs so smoothly and you are amazed […]
More Lessons From Vacation
We have too much crap in our house. I have too much crap, and my kids have too much crap. We have too many toys and too many clothes and too many, well, too many of pretty much everything. And I don’t feel like we are really over-the-top. My kids have much less stuff than […]
Because Your Children Are Counting On You
I don’t trust my kids. Not any of them. I want to. But I think if you blindly believe everything your kids are telling you, you are making a big mistake. I was a kid once. I know how things work. And even the really good kids will, at some point, try to get away […]
If your child has ever had night terrors, READ THIS.
If you are the parent to more than one child, you are well aware of how two children who were both conceived by the same people can be completely different in a multitude of ways. It doesn’t take long to figure that out. And just as your children have different personalities, they will also have […]