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I’m Officially Calling Off The Search And Rescue Team

May 30, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Number 6 can be kind of forgetful. Okay, that’s not accurate. He can be really forgetful. He’ll be eight in a couple weeks, so he’s not exactly a baby. But he is my youngest son, and I don’t know what it is about boys and their moms, but I will be the first to admit […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: forgetfulness and kids, rescuing your kids, teaching kids responsibility, tooth fairy

Kind And Firm (The Origami Story)

April 24, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

This morning I was meeting a friend to workout at 8:45, and since the gym is super close to Number 6’s school, I told him I would drive him this morning if he wanted me to because recently he’s developed a little bit of car and bus sickness. This made Number 6 very happy and […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: how to handle kids' meltdowns, meltdowns, origami, positive discipline, rescuing your kids

What Your Kids Need

February 12, 2016 by not your average mom 38 Comments

Today I read a complaint from a parent on Facebook who was “boggled” as to why her child had to sit three to a seat (with backpacks and snow gear!) on the bus. Ugh. You know what I am boggled by? I am boggled by the amount of complaints made by parents these days. Not just […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: rescuing your kids, sitting in discomfort

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