Last night, as I was doing a little work in the office, Number 4 tiptoed up behind me and then very quietly sat down next to me. She wasn’t talking, which was unusual. She just sat there, staring at me, and exhaling heavily. Before I finish that story it’s important to note that we have […]
Parenting
How I (Mostly) Stopped Yelling At My Kids
In July of 2014, I decided I was going to change the way I was parenting my kids and stop yelling. Or at least cut way back on it. It didn’t help to improve my kids’ behavior or attitudes, I was not leading by example, it created a more chaotic home, and I just felt […]
Cut it like Beckham.
Up until about five months ago, I was the only one who had ever cut Number 6’s hair. I finally broke down this summer and took him and Number 3 to an old school barber. He loved it. But no matter how short I told the woman to cut his hair, she just wouldn’t do 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. […]
Yell-free for a month. How I made it that far.
I have not yelled in a little over a month. And I have had plenty of reasons to yell. Plenty. When the photographer was at the front door and all my kids were hysterically crying over what they were (NOT!) going to wear, I didn’t yell. When Number 3 decided that he was going to […]
Is there an inherent difference between boys and girls? Definitely.
Since we had been out of bread and milk and any kind of fruit for two days, I decided I should finally drag my ass to the store this morning. I hadn’t showered in two days, (not even after a 90 minute run yesterday) but it was already 8:30 and the kids were starving. So I threw […]