***NOTE FROM SUSIE — trying something new tonight… I might have a book in me. Here’s a chapter. What do you think?*** We told the kids about the divorce the Friday night before. All the details had yet to be worked out, and we were all still living in the same house. One thing we […]
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Kids Don’t Need Praise. But They Do Need This Instead.
When your kid does something you are happy about, what do you say to him or her? Do you say, “Good girl!!! Good boy!!!”? Do you say, “Good following directions!” or “You are such a good listener!”? I know for me, some of those responses can be automatic. Why do we say these things to […]
If you can only give your kids one thing, GIVE THEM THIS.
The other day I told you how I took Number 3 to his Zones practice. There were about 40 kids and just as many parents there. Some of the kids who were there have been to this meet already, so it’s not all that scary or intimidating. But for other kids, it’s their first time. It’s also not […]
And the world continued to spin.
Yesterday I was sick. Sicker than I’ve been in a long time. To be honest, I’m not positive I was sick. I think it might have been exhaustion. Whatever it was, my body felt like it was shutting down. My legs and my back hurt so badly that I couldn’t stand up. I was so […]