One of Number 4’s favorite things to do down here in North Carolina is look for sea glass and small stones that have washed up on the beach. I’ve been thinking about needing to spend more one-on-one time with each of the kids, and today when we got to the beach it was low tide. […]
Number 4
When will your kid be potty trained? When (s)he’s ready.
A couple days ago, a woman who belongs to a Facebook group I’m in was looking for potty training advice. Her three-year-old is giving her a hard time. She refuses to go to the bathroom on the toilet. Oh boy. I remember those days. They weren’t that long ago. Number 7 is four and a […]
10 Road Trip Hacks For Traveling With Kids
Last week I took a solo road trip with five of the kids to Hershey, Pennsylvania, and I’m getting ready to embark on another one to North Carolina. The trip to Hershey was only 235 miles. The trip to North Carolina is three times as long. Just under 700 miles . If we didn’t ever […]
Road Trip Statistics, Part 1
On Thursday I embarked on a road trip by myself to Hershey, Pennsylvania with Number 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. It may be the most challenging thing I’ve ever attempted to do in my entire life. And since I’m not sure if I’ll live to see tomorrow, here is a quick recap of […]
Your Kid Is Probably Not In The Top .05%
Your kid is destined for greatness. Your kid is different. And every second of his or her eight or nine or ten-year-old season is determining his or her success starting…. yesterday. One misstep by a coach, one bad call, one wrong move, one unforced error, one bad event, one missed opportunity, and your kid is now […]
Reading is Fundamental. For Number 4, anyway.
Even after teaching for twelve years and coaching hundreds and hundreds of swimmers, and having a whole bunch of my own children, it still surprises me how two kids in the same family from the same parents can be so different from one another. This was illustrated to me again yesterday after I said goodnight […]