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What Your Kid Is Thinking When You Are Yelling

September 28, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Yesterday I was talking to Number 3, and somehow we ended up on the topic of coaches. And this led to a discussion about different coaching styles. Number 3 told me who his best coaches were. And he said, “They actually show you what to do. And when you do something right, they tell you.” […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Parenting Tagged With: defiance, Number 3, reinforcing, tuning out, yelling

For Those Of You Struggling With The Transition Into Summer

June 22, 2017 by not your average mom 2 Comments

This first day of summer has snuck up on me. I’m not prepared. I’m not organized. It’s kind of like when Christmas seems so far away, and you know you have plenty of time. And then all of a sudden, BAM. It’s Christmas Eve Day and you haven’t wrapped a single present. You haven’t even […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: birthday, facebook, first day of school, freaking, last day of school, Number 3, practice, present, school, summer, swim

The Problem Wasn’t My Son. It Was Me.

March 3, 2017 by not your average mom 6 Comments

Number 3 and I have been going head to head recently. A lot. Of all the kids in the house, he’s the one that frustrates me the most right now. This title of MFK (Most Frustrating Kid) shifts from child to child. It seems just as one of them settles into a happy and agreeable […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: anxiety, Connecticut, cough, Number 3, special time, stomach, t rail, walking, yelling

The solution is simple.

December 13, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Yesterday I lost it on the kids a little bit. They deserved it. But I felt bad about the way I handled the situation later. And when it comes down to it, their behavior isn’t really their fault. It’s mine. Because while I know they are capable of behaving better, they aren’t. And when they […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: behavior, mindful, Number 3, Number 4, present, situation

Score Two For the Good Guy(s)

October 16, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Number 3 is giving me a run for my money. He is the kid right now who knows how to push every single one of my buttons. But what I have learned in the last few weeks is that the behaviors I’m seeing, the ones that really frustrate and often infuriate me, are not not […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: baseball, Number 3, nuts, parenting, Ump

How often do you wash your kids’ sheets and other deep thoughts.

September 16, 2016 by not your average mom 17 Comments

I have to admit, I am enjoying my free weekdays. Even with the freedom though, things are still so busy. And tonight’s post is a random bunch of thoughts, observations, and questions I have that I meant to put out there this week but never got around to. First,  last night was our fifth open […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: awesome, meltdown, Number 3, Number 7, sheets

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