Heroes In Parenting
Have you seen the news lately? Chock full 'o cheeriness, isn't it? How about stories about parenting? Find many happy ones? No?? Well, I'm not surprised. Between the advice columns, the results of studies, and the stories of bad parents it's enough to make a reader...
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 ForeverParenting),...
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 stolen...
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 the post; I've been...
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. Owning a gun...
I’ve Got My 2008 Resolutions All Ready
No, you didn't read that wrong. 🙂 The whole reverse resolution idea is explained over at GNMParents (now ForeverParenting.) Feel free to share your list there, or if you want to just keep it within the Earnest Parenting family, put it in the comments here so we can...
Thanks, Friends
I was looking through the blog and reflecting on 2008, and I thought it'd be neat to make a list of everyone who took the time to comment this year. Do you know how many people that is? Rather than make you just scroll through an admittedly long list of links, I've...
All I Want For Christmas
I've already got. 🙂 Merry Christmas Internets. May you have a day filled with kindness and goodwill, and may the miracle of our Lord's birth be a blessing to you. Oh, and Captain Earthquake has his own Christmas request, shown in the photo at top. Anyone seen my two...
Do You Tell Your Children They’re Stupid?
I've written before about the Love and Logic books and how I have tried to implement the strategies in my own parenting. Have you read any of the books yet? You should try it...you may like it! A strategy that I've got down cold is the questioning to resolve conflict...