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5 Ways To Teach Your Kids To Be Thankful This Thanksgiving
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. – CiceroGratitude – or a lack thereof – is something all parents encounter during the process of raising children. At some point or other, what mother hasn’t looked on with horror as her child blurted out a variant of, I dont like this! Its not what I wanted for my birthday! or worried that her kids took …
Stepchild to StepMom: How To Do It Better
As a child, all I wanted to do was fit in. Having parents that divorced when I was in fourth grade did not help that ambition. My dream of belonging was further crushed when my dad remarried his secretary. Now, not only did I not fit in with my friends who all seemed to have…
What To Expect When You Are No Longer Expecting
The world is full of advice for pregnant and about-to-deliver mommies. From books to blog posts to friendly neighborhood chit chat, pregnant women and those on the verge of delivery have numerous information sources when it comes to figuring out what the hell is happening to their bodies and how to cope with those changes.…
A Letter to My Children: Wisdom in Parenting
In 2012 the National Association of Mothers Centers asked me to write a letter to my children in recognition of Mothers Day, as a way to impart to the world what wisdom I would like to pass on to them. This is the hardest thing Ive ever written, by far, especially since it is only 650 words or so.
Teaching Our Kids Tech Etiquette
You may remember that a few months ago I wrote about how my babysitter broke up with me via text message. I thought I was finished with teenagers and their poor tech etiquette, but apparently, this is the new world we live in and unless somebody does something, Im destined – were all destined – to be plagued by it forever.