Tag: parenting

Raising My Mini-Me

Not too long ago, I caught my five-year-old trying to rip up his All-About-Me poster due as a kindergarten assignment the following day. We...
Facing the challenges of parenting an elementary aged child who is not a tween, but not a child anymore either.

The Space Between

I don't even know what to call this age. This strange time between child and tween. These mid-elementary years. I was prepared (ha) for having a...

Let Them Eat Candy

It’s Halloween week, mamas, and you know what that means: CANDY. So. Much. Candy. I have four kids, and between trick-or-treating, school parties, church fall festivals,...

Dad Privilege

There has been a lot of talk about white privilege in recent years so you may be familiar with the concept. Good ol' Wikipedia...

We’re Far from the Shallow Now

This summer I enrolled you in swim lessons. I did this despite the fact that you are terrified of the water and climb up...

Manners Matter: Teaching Etiquette to Kids

My children did not share my enthusiasm when I announced we would be working on etiquette this summer. In fact, etiquette is probably the...

They’re Watching Us

My two-year-old son said his first curse word recently. It was Easter Sunday and we were on our way to church, of all places,...