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8 Ways to Tease a Boy Out of a Bad Mood

1. Inform him that he needs all that negative stuff drained out and to be filled with happy thoughts instead. Suggest something he’d be appalled by, like painting pink daisies on his toenails. 2. Imitate the whining he’s doing and morph it into the whine...

A Good Reason to Keep Kids in the Backseat

When you let them ride in the front, they spend the ENTIRE trip pointing out-and analyzing-roadkill. And no, I’m not gonna put up a picture on this post. You’re welcome. Earnest Parenting: help for parents who don’t like...

Thinking Spring

Ahhhhh, March is finally here! As I write this, the sun is shining and the sky is BLUE! Blue, I tell you! We’ve had so many gray and gloomy days. February is for me the most difficult month of the year. I’ve heard other comments about March being the worst because of...

Puddle Jumping

This little episode happened last spring. I ran across the pictures when I was going through my files and thought I’d share it with you, Internets.It was a lovely warm spring day. The rain had ended and there was a perfect puddle waiting at the end of the...

So. Totally. Infuriated.

Well, folks, this blog is about the good and the bad of parenting, and today we bring you the bad. Right now, the older boys are in their room and I’ve told them not to talk to me for a while. I’ve been frustrated for the past several days at the...