Little People with BIG Influence
Eight finalist have been selected out of over sixteen thousand Moms who were nominated for the Walmart Mom of the Year awards. You can read the stories of these amazing women on the Mom of the Year website. I read through each one of them and I was really touched to learn all of their stories. There is a woman who, following the loss of her brother, pioneered a fundraiser that supports the Canadian Mental Health Association. Another woman is {Read More}
The weather gets warm and the kids are ready to play outside! I love to encourage outside play, so I try to keep them stocked in fun and interesting toys and outdoor equipment. We have bikes, trikes, scooters, ride on/in cars, a swing set, a trampoline, sidewalk chalk, skipping ropes, ladderball, bocce ball and so many more things that I can’t even think of right now. And what do all of these things have in common? I bought every one {Read More}
Every Tuesday, I share tips on different topics for children of each age group. These tips are based on my experiences with my children, or they are tips passed on to me from other Moms. They are in no way guaranteed to work for you or your children, but maybe they will….you don’t know unless you try! Please feel free to share your own tips in the comments. Diapering and Potty Training Diapering: Cloth vs Disposable: I tried both and {Read More}
I’m sure most of us have heard about or seen the video of the bus monitor, Karen Klein, being bullied by a group of boys on the school bus. I read about it a couple of days ago and I attempted to watch the video, but only got about a minute into it before I had to turn it off. It’s really hard to watch, but if you have thick skin, here is the video… A Toronto man (I love {Read More}
Every Tuesday, I will be sharing tips on different topics for children of each age group. These tips are based on my experiences with my children, or they are tips passed on to me from other Moms. They are in no way guaranteed to work for you or your children, but maybe they will….you don’t know unless you try! Please feel free to share your own tips in the comments. How to get your child to sleep (or you, if {Read More}
In the past two weeks, I have gone on two school trips with two of my children. Both trips involved visiting local park areas and exploring nature, which I think is a great thing, but it’s also a quick way to get dirty. On the kindergarten trip, Griffin explored the wooded areas and gathered up dirt, rocks, sticks, snails and bugs to show his friends. He was so proud of himself that he has continued his search for nature at {Read More}
I was the parent of one child for ten years, and he was great at sharing … maybe because he didn’t actually have to share with anyone, lol. Then I had three more kids, and all I have heard since then is fighting about who took what toy and who had a longer turn, etc. Here are some things I have found to help us deal with the sharing issue. If it is a gift to one child, that child {Read More}
MORE THAN SAYING…I LOVE YOU Every child is born a loving being. They don’t know any different. Yet outside influences can erode this birthright of love. Behaviors can eventually develop into unloving behaviors toward themselves and others. Just saying “I love you” doesn’t automatically create children who love themselves. Teaching AND INSTILLING SELF-LOVE is so much more than those three words. There are things that parents can do to counter the “erosion of love” to keep their children’s loving spark {Read More}
I just read on twitter… 16 & Pregnant makes me happy that I have boys. Admittedly, I have never watched 16 & Pregnant, so maybe I’m missing something…but how is it better to have boys than girls when thinking of teen pregnancy? With either one, they need education about abstinence and safe sex, and if they make different choices and end up pregnant…it’s as much the boy’s responsibility as it is the girl’s. Statements like that imply that a teen {Read More}
I was a single Mom to one child for over ten years. He was well behaved, respectful and I thought it was due to my exceptional parenting. *insert hysterical laughing here* Now that I am married and the mom to not one, but four children…three who are under 9, I realize I was wrong. Not that I don’t think I’m a good parent, but I’ve learned that is only one piece of the puzzle. Having multiple children is so different {Read More}
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