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You Smell Like A Butthole

November 8, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Number 7’s go to insult is “You smell like a butthole.” A few years ago, I would have responded to this differently than I do now.  A few years ago, I would have reprimanded and shamed any of the kids for speaking to each other that way. Or I would have, out of exasperation, pretended […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: butthole, cologne, humor, insults, parenting, perfume, positive discipline

Do vs. Don’t

October 3, 2017 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Sometimes I get to the end of the day and I feel like all I’ve done is say no and don’t to the kids 5,000 times and tell them to stop doing stuff. The no’s and the don’ts are tiring and not fun — for me or for the kids — and they aren’t especially effective. […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: do, don't, negative, positive discipline, stop, yelling

I’m Done Looking For My Kids’ Sh*t

September 24, 2017 by not your average mom 4 Comments

We had the first family meeting we’ve had in a while this morning. Some of the kids have been asking for one for a long time now, and with the change in schedules now that the school year has started, we really needed one. We aren’t all on the same page, and there was something […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: contributions, positive discipline, responsibility, stuff

Mommy, I Need To Talk To You.

September 19, 2017 by not your average mom 2 Comments

A couple years ago after totally losing my shit on Number 3 and 4 in the car on the way to a swim meet, I made the decision to stop yelling at my kids. I did this because I felt like an out of control psycho when I yelled at them, because they laughed at […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: positive discipline, solutions, yelling

I Stopped Rescuing And Started Finding Solutions

September 17, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

One of the things that often frustrates me as a parent is when my kids don’t deal with situations I know they are capable of handling on their own. But often this happens to us because in so many other situations, we  have fixed the problem for them. It’s also hard to see your kids […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: faith, fixing, Number 4, positive discipline, rescuing, responsibility

The Shade Exchange

September 12, 2017 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I wanted to share my latest power struggle with you. Because 1) I lost, and 2) in hindsight, I can see that I was being kind of unreasonable. Two nights ago, I went in to Number 3’s room to say goodnight to him. He was rolling up the shade on the window by his bed. […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: positive discipline, power struggle, preteens, shade, sunlight, window, wrecking ball

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