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 […]
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Tomorrow is a new day. Thank God.
On a scale of 1 -10 in the parenting department today, I would give myself an F-. All patience had left the building before all the kids even got on the school bus. I didn’t just fall off the yelling wagon, I pretty much took a running start and set a world record in the long […]
A Time-Out Mindset Shift
Changing the way you parent or look at commonly utilized parenting methods is difficult. Paradigm shifts make many of us uncomfortable and that discomfort often causes us to automatically respond with disbelief and opposition. We can also come up with many justifications for why any new idea won’t work for us. We are too busy. Our kids […]
Ten Things You Can Do To Maintain Your Sanity And Improve Your Chances Of Raising A Productive, Independent, and Responsible Human Being
There are no guarantees in life. And there are certainly no guarantees in parenting. But now that we are three and a half years into child Number 7, I think I’ve gotten some of the kinks worked out. And since most of us aren’t going to have seven chances to get it right, I thought […]
Another Inconvenient Truth
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 […]
What percentage of parenting sucks? On a good day, 70% sounds about right.
Yesterday I coached a swim meet with three other coaches from my team. One was Cool College Babysitter (CCB), and one was a father of three (FOT) who is about my age. As I was standing on deck with the two of them, CCB, who is 22, asked both of us, “What percentage, would you […]
