I hate punishing kids

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Seriously – I hate punishing my kids.  I do it, but I don’t have to like it.  I mean, we all want happy kids that do all the right things.  We all want those happy family pictures of eating dinner together while laughing over a funny story.  I shoot for that picture every day.  But, [...]

Do you give your time or your attention?

Give your kids your attention

I read a lot of blogs on a regular basis.  The other day, I came across a blog post that really hit home and I thought I would share: Your Attention Please http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3001-your-attention-please by Sandor Weisz I used to think time was the most limited resource. It’s so limited that you can’t even save it [...]

Ooh, Ooh That Smell

When you become a mommy, it’s understood that a lot more poop is going to come into your life. Brown poop, runny poop, hard poop, green poop—you get it all. But I got something a little extra on the way to work the other morning. I was actually heading to work early on a Monday [...]