ikoniWe’ve had rather an interesting conversation in the comments of my most recent post on parental anger. If you haven’t been following it, do pop over and take a read. Essentially, I wrote that I was angry with the boys. Beat said that he almost never gets angry with kids and doesn’t understand it in [...]

Editor’s note: please welcome Sandy’s advice for getting the kids to help around the house. Thanks, Sandy!) For years I struggled with motivating my children to help me clean the house. As soon as I said the two magic words “cleanup time” they all disappeared. My oldest would grab a book and hide on the [...]

photo credit: Katie@! So, at bedtime last night I brought Hubby’s attention to the state of the floor around the dinner table. It. Was. Horrendous. Raisins, cereal, popcorn, crumbs, legos, etc. etc. etc. Eww. I usually vacuum it every other day, and if I catch a boy helping with mess creation detail I request his [...]