Tag Archives: Mothering Well
You Can't Parent From Your Deficits, So Parent From Your Strengths Instead
I'm good at a lot of things in parenting. But I'm NOT good at a lot of things, too. And things that look like successes in my house may look like failures in another's. Case in point: I'm really good ...
Jan 24, 2022 photo credit: iStock/Stígur Már Karlsson /Heimsmyndir
Moms in the Bible
I'm not a Bible scholar by any stretch of the imagination. I admire those who look up root words and their meanings, memorize long passages and study the history of the times, but I am just not wired ...
Aug 11, 2021 photo credit: iStock/TriggerPhoto
Thanks for the Advice
I've been watching health documentaries lately. They are full of information, charts and graphs, and experts from all over the world. I've learned so much: Eat meat. Protein should make up most of our...
Jun 02, 2021 photo credit: iStock/monkeybusinessimages
Should I Check My Kids' Grades?
Maybe it's the age of my kids. Maybe it's because I'm overly sensitive or feeling especially burdened by this right now. Maybe it's not even an actual thing, but I am sensing a new tension brewing in ...
Mar 23, 2021 photo credit: iStock/SDI Productions
Moms Are Allowed to Be Grumpy
You have bad days. Frankly, we all do. And it's not just because you're a mom. It's because you're a human. We were created with a beautiful range of emotions and sometimes those emotions just feel ov...
Mar 22, 2021 photo credit: iStock/Cecilie_Arcurs
When the Teacher Doesn't Like Your Child
Teachers are awesome. I couldn't do their job for a single hour, much less face the countless time they put in teaching, grading, planning and loving our kids. Having said that, they are human and bei...
Feb 22, 2021
Do You Want to Be Right, or Do You Want to Get It Right?
I want to ask you, what is more important to you... being the one who is right or making the situation right? The reason I ask this question is that life has a funny way of throwing you into situation...
Jan 25, 2021
5 Care Packages for College Students
It is hard sending your child away to college and you want to support them from a distance, without hovering. It's a great time for them to establish their life, but also a great way for you to keep a...
Nov 05, 2020 Photo Credit: iStock
Help for Bedtime Battles
It's a familiar battlefield to parents...bedtime. And we face some worthy opponents...kids who would rather do anything, ANYTHING, than to be tucked in for the night. I have several of these kinds of ...
Nov 02, 2020
How I'm Talking To My Kids About The Election
Mom, we need to show up for our kids this election season. I saw something so important on Facebook: 'Newsflash, everybody: Your kids aren't watching Trump. They aren't watching Biden. THEY ARE WATCHI...
Oct 20, 2020
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