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Parenting Humor: Are You Ready to Have a Baby?
How prepared are you to become a parent? Even if you think you’ve got it all figured out, be warned – those little bundles of joy are also messy, frustrating and stressful. Here’s a lighthearted little quiz to determine if you’re ready to have a baby: The Mess Test Smear peanut butter on the sofa and curtains. Now rub your hands inthe wet flower bed and rub on the walls. Place a fish stick behind the couch and leave it there all summer.
Parent Slang – Popular Teen Phrases With A Parenting Twist
I don’t know about you, but I’ll be 30 this year and every day I am trying to figure out how to hang on to my youth. Shopping at Forever 21, trying to keep tabs on who Taylor Swift is currently dating and staying on top of pending One Direction reunion rumors. I still have…
Why I Believe In The ‘Let Them Bleed’ Style Of Parenting (and why YOU should too)
I simply cannot stand whining or the sound of a blubbering child, adolescent, or an adult for that matter! This was most evident, when, as a young camp counselor, one of the 5 year olds fell- skinning their knee- I checked them out, after all, I am the one with the band-aids. “When I fall…
How to Match Your Parenting Style to Your Child’s Needs
“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” – Leonardo da Vinci “I’m never going to drive when I grow up,” my 5-year-old son, Alessio, says in his quiet, determined way. “I am,” his sister, Sienna, replies. She is three. “I’m going to drive a pink convertible, and I’m going to drive it really fast.”…
Parenting Secrets: 7 Scary Facts About Raising Boys
1. Pokemon, Bakugan, LEGOS, Ninetendo DS(Whatever it is) ROCK There will be something that your son is intensely interested in (obsessed with) that you could not care one flying leap about.