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Necessity Is Definitely The Mother Of Invention. And Pancakes.

February 23, 2020 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

This morning I got a call from Number 5 who is ten years old at 6:40 am. I had just pulled into the parking lot for the last day of a 3-day meet Number 4 is swimming in. Number 5 had just woken up and she just wanted to say hello. I talked to her […]

Filed Under: Food, In the Kitchen, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: giving your kids responsibility, how to teach your kids to contribute, pancakes, teaching self reliance

A Bucket Fills Drop By Drop And Then Before You Know It Your Kids Are Making Pancakes

April 8, 2018 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Yesterday I had a good morning. And I just wanted to share it with you. Because maybe it will help you have a good morning like this someday, too. One of the things the kids love to do is help out in the kitchen. But it can be painful. They can take so long to […]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: cooking with your kids, giving your kids responsibility, homemade pancakes, kid chefs, kids who cook, kids' chores, pancakes

The Domino Effect Of Giving Your Kids Responsibility

January 24, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

People very often say to me, “I don’t know how you do it with so many kids at home.” Sometimes I don’t know how I do it either. It’s often a shakedown cruise here at my house. But sometimes, we are a (sort of) well-oiled machine. And it’s for one reason: our kids have responsibilities […]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Kids' Corner, Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting, Timesavers, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: kitchen, Number 4, pancakes, responsiblity

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