Step Three Out of Angry – My New Rule
Author’s note: If it weren’t for all of you, I would not be sharing this embarrassing little anecdote. You’ve been honest in sharing your struggles…
Battling Burnout
Last week, I felt it descending rapidly — fiercely. Symptoms? Depressive. Exhausted. Sense of futility (I swear I just emptied this dishwasher. I am cleaning…
How to Talk to Kids about Sex
It was time for “The Talk.” Our six-year-old son was coming up with some astute observations. Like folding clothes for the pregnancy center: “You’re joking,…
Anger — My Next Steps
Now that the cat’s out of the bag on my anger problem — and I’m finding I’m not alone (a huge thanks for the honesty, ladies!)…
A Strong-Willed Child … My First Attempts
God has not given me any children who take life lying down, which is good, you know, because if one of them did, the other…
“Mom, You’re Mad a Lot”
My son had just produced a wonderful drawing in red marker (his favorite color) of our family flying kites. (As a side note, I am…
My Biggest Discipline “Aha!”
“Would you just behave?” I must admit that there are a lot of times when I would prefer that my kids would simply do what…
Character Lessons
“Mom, will she make me go under?” I was trying to think fast. It was day six of swimming lessons, and my newly three-year-old daughter…
How to Make a Simple Tutu
My three-year-old girl wears her play tutu about three days a week: sometimes under her dress (she loves dresses, too), sometimes over; sometimes to the…
Tips for Parenting Second-Born Children
Firstborns often know how to please adults. They can be used to being the center of attention. And for second-born children, it can feel like being in a race they can never win.