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Timer Training

How to teach your children to take turns. I don’t know if it was desperation or inspiration, but I timer trained my boys when they were very young. Okay I’ve thought about it.  It was desperation. By the time the older boys were 18 months old, I was able...

Parenting Philosophies

I’ve been pondering deeply my approaches to parenting, and thought I’d share them with you. Let me start by saying that my way is NOT the be-all and end-all of parenting. Like I say in my tagline, I’m just doing my best to get the hang of this job....