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Beat the Winter Blahs: Make Bird Treats

With the weather so cold lately, I’ve been trying to find activities that keep boys busy and not bored while we’re staying inside more. So! We decided to try and make treats for birds. You can see our first attempt at treats over at GNMParents (now...

Disobedience Wastes Time

I’ve been pondering deeply my routine failures lately at being loving and logical when the boys disobey or are otherwise annoying. A hallmark of the Love and Logic approach is for parents to shut. up. and let kids learn from their mistakes. Shutting up? Not a...

Teachable Moments: Gambling

The boys and I bought Hubby the first season of MacGyver for Christmas. It’s something everyone can enjoy with action and cool science-y solutions to save the day and all that. So tonight we sat down to watch an early episode that involved MacGyver stealing...

Hive Minds and Other Business

My weekly post at GNMParents (now ForeverParenting) is about how the boys tend to think alike. And act alike. And do the same things over and over again. Sometimes it’s funny, other time’s it’s frustrating. There are already some great comments on...

Guns and Kids, revisited

I asked last year for opinions and practices on having guns in the home. If you haven’t seen that one, do read it; the comments are fantastic. I grew up in a home that was very anti-hunting and somewhat anti-gun. Definitely anti-violence, that’s for sure....