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A Strategy for Reducing Christmas Stress

My weekly post is up at ForeverParenting.  My kids often get overwhelmed at Christmas with all the gifts. After a day of opening presents showered upon them by loving family members, and they tend to get mighty cranky. Then the novelty addiction kicks in, and suddenly...

Plans for Dealing With Screen Time

I thought and thought about all the input I got on last week’s Screen Time post, and I’ve come to some conclusions. They’re over in my weekly post at ForeverParenting. 🙂 I’ve gotten some good input in the last few days on my post last week asking for...

Will an Early Bedtime Conquer Bad Attitudes?

I had a couple of conversations with other moms recently that caused me to take a serious look at my expectations of the boys. In the first, my friend told me that her son couldn’t come over and play because he was staying home to do extra homework to improve...

How Do You Limit Kids’ Screen Time?

My new post Screen Time is up at ForeverParenting.  If anyone has kids that stare at screens too often, hop on over and give me some advice.  🙂  I’m needing it. One of the disadvantages of home schooling is, well, that they’re home all the time and the Siren...

3 Things I’ve Noticed About Twins

I haven’t written much about the realities of being a mother of twins.  Perhaps because so many others have already had much to say on the subject.  If you’re the parent of multiples, people tend to say very similar things when they find out.  Many are...

How Do You Tame a Difficult 4 Year Old?

A dad I know wrote on his blog last week about the difficulties he’s having with his 4 year old son. One example given is treating the family dog Lilly too roughly, and then throwing huge tantrums when put in time out. So, being the Nosy Nellie that only I can...