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Trust
Trust is one of the hardest things to build between two people. As hard as trust is to build, it is even harder to rebuild. Once someone has broken the…
Raising Children
I know that the answer fairy is not going to suddenly appear and show me the way, but does it hurt to wish for that sometimes?…
Football!
I will never forget our first day of football tryouts last year. We were starting late and it was our son’s first time playing football. It was actually his first…
Religion
There is one topic that I have often struggled with throughout my life. It is religion. My parents both grew up regularly attending church; my mom probably a bit more…
Raising Teens? You Need This Book!
A dear friend of mine wrote this book. He spent several years working as an EMT, scraping kids off the ground who had been driving and drinking. The experience drove…
Teens and Privacy
Teenagers need privacy, but how much is too much? It is our job as parents to know what our children are doing and make sure that they are not getting…
Tenacious Toddlers
When you are the parent of a toddler you really have to be prepared for a new adventure on a daily basis. They are such active little creatures. Toddlers are…
Cheering Up
Cheerleading was not a sport that I was remotely interested in when I was in high school. In fact, I had the mistaken impression that cheerleaders were giggly, shallow, and…
Tweens Growing Up
In this day and age, the years before children even reach the actual teen years they are faced with so many difficult situations and choices. Commonly referred to as tweens,…
Breastfeeding is Not for Everyone
My sister was born to breastfeed. From her very first baby, she just had a knack with it. Of course, she’d always loved babies and had always been around them.…
Teenagers Are Just Older Toddlers
Teenagers don’t really come from another planet, although it sometimes seems like it. Really, though, they’re just doing what they did when they were in the terrible twos: they are…
Terrible Twos, Revisited
The terrible twos are real, for most parents. It’s a time when our little ones are trying very hard to establish some independence and assert their personalities for the first…
Twilight Effect
Aside from the excitement and mania over the movies, there is some rather concerning behavior erupting in schools across the nation. Teens are leaving bite marks on each other as…
Sex Talk for Breakfast
Talking about sex is not how I envision starting my morning. Well, talking about sex with my 10-year old son is not how I envision the start of the day,…
Educational Budget Cuts
Budget cuts in our educational systems affect everyone on some level, including tax payers, students, teachers, and parents. While no one wants to pay extraordinarily high taxes, there are some…
Being a Parent
The judicial system in the United States of America has really got to understand that just being a biological parent should not automatically give someone parental rights by default. There…
Breastfeeding Assistance
Breastfeeding is a true learning experience that takes patience. However, there are tools and resources available that can help tremendously.…
Time Outs and Such
Carrying out an effective time out for your child is a skill that you have to learn, perfect, and continually evolve. Time out is not a one size fits all…
Breastfeeding Twins
Learning to breastfeed two babies at once was one of my biggest accomplishments in life. Ok, that might be a little bit of an exaggeration, but it really was quite…
Lessons in Stealing
I remember the first time that one of my kids took something from a store without paying for it.…
