by Amy LeForge | Nov 23, 2007 | Parenting
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...
by Amy LeForge | Nov 21, 2007 | Love and Logic
So, we’re on day 3 of Amy’s renewed commitment to being a more balanced parent. Had some successes and some failures today. Captain Earthquake managed to push my buttons this afternoon and I got impatient with him. 🙁 He just hates to leave the house, and...
by Amy LeForge | Nov 20, 2007 | Love and Logic
I’ve been corresponding with a friend about difficult children and found myself digging out the Love and Logic book yesterday only to realize that I have really gotten away from some important principals: Parenting can be a joy Anger short-circuits learning...
by Amy LeForge | Nov 18, 2007 | 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...
by Amy LeForge | Nov 16, 2007 | Organizing
My Friday post at ForeverParenting is all about storing clothes and keeping them smelling great. There’s a sewing and a no-sew solution to the plastic smell clothes can get when you keep them in totes for a long time. My sister gave me a great idea when we...
by Amy LeForge | Nov 14, 2007 | Humor
I was reminded today of a cute episode we had with The Manager when he was 3. We’d gone to a museum a few hours from home to see Thomas the Tank Engine, and had stayed the night to spend a second day enjoying the museum while we were there. The second day, The...