There are so many moments where parenting is frustrating and downright exhausting. Parenting is also funny and ridiculous too. Often parents come up with the best parenting hacks out of necessity (or desperation) and are super creative ideas. The following are some great examples of ways to entertain bored kids on bad weather days (or […]
Simple steps to managing your child’s frustrating behaviors.
Like most parents I get frustrated with behaviors that seem like they should be easy enough for our children to master and yet, they keep repeating them. It’s aggravating and truly tiring to talk to your child about the same behavior over and over. So how do we, as parents, help our children learn […]
Resilience and hope in childhood: how children can pick themself up, dust themself off and believe they can.
We hear the common words resilient and hopeful batted around like ping pong balls but we don’t always know what they mean, how they help our children or even how to tell if our child has them. Let’s look at their definitions- Resilient: the ability to recover quickly Hopeful:feeling or inspiring optimism for […]
Baby birds are leaving the nest (goodbye high school / hello college)
It is that time of year again, where teens all over the country are getting ready to graduate high school and many are leaving home for the first time. While this is sad and anxiety producing for the parents, teens may not be as prepared as they need to be for the transition to college […]
Fun has no age limit.
Do you look back on the days when you took your toddlers and young children on adventures as your favorite part of parenting? Did you have picnics at the local park? Wander through the aquarium? Giggle at animals at the zoo? See the shows at the Renaissance festival? I remember those adventures and look at […]