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Category Archives: parenting style
Pee Outside if you Really Really Have to.
When my daughters were growing up, the rule was: “If you go out, stay out!” I had my own selfish reasons for not wanting to get them all bundled up only to hear them trying to break through the locked front … Continue reading
Posted in adventure, Humor, no child left inside, outdoors, parenting style, raising children, snowman, winter activities, words of wisdom
Tagged fresh air, go play, Health, Home, mother of the year, Nature, no child left indoors, outdoors, play, stay out, Street light, winter, Youth
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Reading. Writing. Socializing.
Katie says ”…I accept every child where they are. I do not spend a moment blaming their home life, their preschool teacher, their environment, etc…. There is no sense in blaming or wishing they were any different. That just wastes time … Continue reading
Don’t mix the Play-Doh
I was a perfect mom. Until I had kids of my own. Then I became a ‘good-enough, doing the best I can’ kinda mom. Except that wasn’t really true. I never settled for good-enough. It’s a sickness, really. Although I … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Humor, parenting, parenting style, play-doh, quotes, raising children, words of wisdom
Tagged don't mix the colors, Early Childhood, Family, humor, inspiration, ocd, Parenting, play-doh, raising kids
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The Good Enough Mom
Mommy Rotton says: “You can never lose your shit to the point of yelling and swearing. In fact, swearing is strictly verboten regardless of your tone of voice. Instead you must exercise limitless patience and love and understanding. You get … Continue reading
Posted in advice, children, family, Humor, parenting, parenting style, raising children, teenagers
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Meltdown at the Market
Via Play 101~ A glimpse at what we can all relate to → “But every now and then, a little electric shock passes between my two children. One lights it, and the other catches fire. I get a flash warning of a … Continue reading
Posted in behavior, children, Humor, parenting style, raising children, shopping
Tagged Childcare, Family, Nannies, Super Nanny, tantrum
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The maternity ward doesn’t accept returns.
“As you can see, there was a discrepancy between how I imagined motherhood to be, and the actuality of it. A BIG effin discrepancy, and I wanted to know why.” Here’s the … Continue reading
Posted in advice, children, Humor, parenting, parenting style, raising children
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I Sold My Sister Out
I have a sister. A twin sister, who knocked my front teeth out with a desktop phone, (in the era when they still made those rotary communication tools …and during the era when my sister was still young and sneaky enough to get … Continue reading
Posted in children, Daughters, facebook, Humor, parenting style, Pinterest, sisters, teenagers, Twitter
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Get it Right or Make it Right.
“If you bungle raising your children, …I don’t think whatever else you do- matters very much” - Jackie Kennedy Related articles The easiest way to mess up your child (psychologytoday.com)
Posted in children, Daughters, family, parenting, parenting style, quotes, words of wisdom
Tagged Jackie Kennedy
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I Know what you’re Doing. Thanks for the Update.
My daughters, now nearly grown, were preteens at the beginning of the 21st century. I didn’t book walk through their diary. I had the worst time reading their writing. I didn’t listen in on their phone calls. I did listen to their end … Continue reading
Posted in Daughters, Humor, parenting, parenting style, social media, technology, teenagers, Uncategorized
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