by Amy LeForge | Apr 17, 2008 | Parenting
Sometimes when I’m kissing the younger boys they like to tease and protest, telling me “I’m wiping your kiss off”. I always tell them, “It’s too late, it already soaked in to your bones.” Today I had The Manager pinned to the...
by Amy LeForge | Apr 14, 2008 | Parenting
Yes…..and no. I think very very highly of the techniques and aspire to use them consistently and successfully in my parenting. At face value the principals are easy to understand and the techniques are easy to follow. At the same time, there’s work...
by Amy LeForge | Apr 9, 2008 | Personal/Personal Growth
You may have heard of Randy Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University who gave a lecture on realizing your childhood dreams last fall. Pausch is dying of pancreatic cancer, and this was the last lecture he gave. I’m not normally willing to sit and watch...
by Amy LeForge | Apr 8, 2008 | Parenting
A boy in a nearby town was accidentally shot and killed by his best friend this weekend. The exact details are unknown right now, but it’s still so sad. The boy who died was 14, and his best friend is 15. According to the news stories, authorities are assuming...
by Amy LeForge | Apr 7, 2008 | Cooking
Do your kids eat salad? Mine tend to avoid it, although I have noticed recently that they’re willing to try it a bit more. If I could go back in time and do it over, I would have introduced salad to them much much earlier. I did focus quite a bit on vegetables, in...
by Amy LeForge | Apr 5, 2008 | Personal/Personal Growth
On a more uplifting note, the following cute boy stories happened this week. 1. After the whole “drink your milk” argument yesterday I was giving the Captain hugs and kisses. When I thought he’d been sufficiently loved and affected I suggested that I...
