When there’s too much to do, that’s when you scream, right? Okay, maybe that’s not the best choice. I guess we’ll go with option two: buckle down and focus on the ol’ ToDo list. There’s actually been some progress there, and that’s encouraging. We’ve got some craziness over the next several weeks with soccer and [...]

Sooooo. To continue with improvements we’re trying to make around here let’s talk about item number two: the schedule. Up until 2 weeks ago the general plan was to wake up when we wake up in the morning, then roll with school after breakfast. The burden was on me to get the boys to get [...]

I thought and thought about all the input I got on last week’s Screen Time post, and I’ve come to some conclusions. They’re over in my weekly post at GNMParents. Earnest Parenting: advice for parents who want their children to be balanced.

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In my second post on this topic, I asked the following question: How does your ideal parenting picture match up with the reality of your life? Some key ideas from my ideal picture are positive attitude and efforts in school family pursuit of hobbies and sports calm patient discipline from the parents clear, honest, trusting [...]

I’ve thought about this topic several times over the past few months, and thought I’d put it to you the readers.  When you picture the ideal family, what does that look like?  (This answer isn’t going to be the same for each family of course.)  How many kids do you see?  What kind of disciplinarian [...]