Way too many months ago I was asked by Dr. Cary Chugh to review his book Don’t Swear With Your Mouth Full. He also said that his book picks up where the Love and Logic technique falls down. I was both interested and challenged by this claim, as I am a tremendous Love [...]

Hey, over at GNMParents we’re talking about your biggest parenting pet peeves. Won’t you join in and tell me yours?
Hubby’s pet peeve is pretty similar to mine. “When it’s bedtime, it’s bedtime. Go to bed, boys!!!”
photo credit: Nicholas Kennedy

I don’t know why this story popped into my head yesterday, but I really feel like sharing it so here goes.
Back in high school I took singing lessons and participated in competitions called Solo and Ensemble. You had to prepare a musical piece or two, then go sing them to a judge [...]

Okay. I know it’s not June anymore. Can you pretend with me that it is? I actually picked all the nominees in June, just got behind on posting. And all these parents are definitely HIP.
MommyTwinGirls is rethinking her policy about children watching TV. I laughed when I read [...]

Today? Today was an intense day. Not really bad….just wildly intense. Just to give you a few highlights, I started out with over an hour’s discussion with the older boys (before I’d even gotten out of bed in the morning). They weren’t getting along. All told, I think there were [...]

I love my boys. Really! I do. But sheesh there are days they drive me nuts. The big issue of late is picking things up. In my fantasy world, they put toys and books and gum wrappers away as soon as they’re done. That? Major fantasy.
So yesterday I [...]