Attending my Parents Anonymous group was the best thing I could have done for my daughters Chelsey and Katie. All the parenting I learned from my own parents about was either wrong or illegal. I just did not want to treat my girls the way I had been treated as a child. Having … [Read more...] about A Child’s Mistake: Holding a Grudge
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How The Playground Taught Us That There Isn’t An App For Everything
As the technological landscape is constantly evolving, kids are also transitioning into different play options that are available to them; most of them leading inactive lifestyles. The 2014 U.S. Physical Activity Council reports that 80.2 million Americans aged six years above … [Read more...] about How The Playground Taught Us That There Isn’t An App For Everything
A Letter To My Daughter
My beautiful girl, as you race towards your fourteenth birthday, I thought I would take a moment to write you this letter. These are the things that I want you to know. My pearls of wisdom, if you will. Forget diamonds, true friends are the real gems. They are precious and … [Read more...] about A Letter To My Daughter
Toddler Tantrum Tips
Toddlers’ tantrums are infuriating and embarrassing but if you can take yourself out of auto-pilot mode you can see you do have solutions. When Chelsey was born I spent months dreading the terrible twos. I had heard two-year-olds spent sometimes a year or more lying flat on … [Read more...] about Toddler Tantrum Tips
Preventing Picky Eating
How to keep your child from becoming a picky eater? Preventing a picky eater starts when your child is a toddler. The beginning of a picky eater is a child who has fresh new taste buds, and does not know what they will enjoy or not enjoy. In order to keep your child from … [Read more...] about Preventing Picky Eating