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Mom, Why Are You So Salty?

January 22, 2020 by not your average mom 10 Comments

When I was in high school, I was voted Class Clown my senior year. When I was in college, I was given the PMA Award by my college swim coach. That stands for Positive Mental Attitude. If you asked my friends (both past and present) to choose one word to describe me, I can’t say […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: consistency and parenting, consistency in parenting, parenting, setting boundaries with your kids

I Created The Problem. And Now I’m Fixing It.

July 19, 2018 by not your average mom 3 Comments

We had the longest school year ever this year, and our last day of school was June 29th. Including weekends, today was our twentieth day of summer vacation. And that’s how long it took me to reach my breaking point. Twenty days. The kids have been home for three weeks, but it feels like three […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: consistency and parenting, kids and chores, kids behavior, making memories, summer, summer with kids, technology and kids

Another Inconvenient Truth

August 2, 2014 by not your average mom 4 Comments

in·con·ven·ient ˌinkənˈvēn-yənt adjective 1. causing trouble, difficulties, or discomfort.   I never thought the decision to stop yelling would have such an effect on me. Up until 10 days ago when I decided I was done yelling, I wouldn’t say I was out-of-control in the yelling department. It wasn’t an all-day thing. It wasn’t even and […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: consistency and parenting, inconvenience, laundry, parenting, positive discipline, yelling, yelling at your kids

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