Just having fun dreaming before Mother’s Day. If you could hire someone to help you with something around the house or with parenting duties, would you and what for? On the parenting side of things, nope, wouldn’t hire anyone. I have too much fun with my kids and lots...
I’m so glad my daughter is going to kindergarten next year. I’ll be registering her for it on Friday, probably, since she should be getting her shots Wednesday. I get a whole year off from paying for preschool! I’m lucky, since the preschool Ariel goes to is through the...
I’ve read the usual theories on time outs. Most say a minute per year of age is generally about right. But it’s my experience that it isn’t always enough. To me, the length can depend on what you need to accomplish with the time out. Sometimes a time out...
I know my kids get frustrated sometimes hearing the word “no”. I’m also sure there are times they hear “yes” more often than they should. It’s tough being strict enough without overdoing it. One of the things I’ve noticed is that no matter how hard you try to be...
One of the things my daughter’s preschool requires is occasional parenting classes. These tend to actually be pretty interesting. One of the recent courses was on communicating with your children. One of the topics that was especially interesting to me was how they suggested talking to kids about when...