When Is It Cool To Play The Kid Card?
The other day, a close family relative of mine (or at least I think of her as close) came to visit. I hadnt seen her in a year and a half. She and her 3-year-old were only in town for five days.
Kicking the “Okay” Habit
When my oldest was about 18 months old, I started to phrase questions such as Its time to brush your teeth, okay? or Well do that activity later, okay? When my youngest was old enough to understand what I was saying, I continued to end statements with Okay.” Initially, I thought I was doing the right thing but whoozers has my second child proved me wrong!
5 Ways to Stop the Summertime Slide
Now that my oldest has almost completed kindergarten (sniffsniff, they grow up so fast!), I’m worried that he will forget everything he has learned. My lofty goal for the summer is to keep him learning throughout it.
8 Horrifying Facts About Raising Boys
Usually I blog about tablet technology (which you can read about here) but since Ive spent the last five days with my two young boys, 3 years old and 4 , I thought I would change things up a bit.
Awkward First Playdates
Now that we’re two months into the new school year, I’m reflecting on all of my parent-to-parent school relationships. I wonder how I rate on the playground? Is there even such a thing?