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Teach Lessons More Effectively Without Warning

I am the Queen of Warning, married to the King of Warning. If the boys are on the wrong track, we both like to correct them. However, this is not conducive to the Love and Logic technique of letting kids mess up to learn lessons. So! I’m trying not to give...

The Big Day

I mentioned in the Respecting Boundaries post that a little over 2 years ago our cat Callie passed away. Callie was 17 years old, completely blind and deaf by the end. The boys were roughly 4 and 8 at the time. Callie was more my pet than theirs, simply because...

Facing a Parting

We’re going to have to break some bad news to the boys today.  A family that we’ve been close with for over 6 years is leaving our church; tomorrow is their last day.  We’ll still be friends, and hopefully see each other once or twice a month.  But...

Humble is a Good Pie Flavor

Perhaps the boys aren’t the only ones with negative baggage about school. Well.  If you were following the comments to my post about frustrating days last week, you’ll see some very wise words from Stu.  To get the whole thing, read the comments and also...