by Amy LeForge | Aug 3, 2009 | Thoughts from Amy
An open letter to a family I’ve never met: Dear Family, A little over 2 years ago, our family cat Callie died at the age of 17. Because of my allergies, Hubby insisted that we take some time and go without pets for a while and see how it went. My health improved...
by Amy LeForge | Apr 29, 2009 | Parenting
I love my boys. Really! I do. But sheesh there are days they drive me nuts. The big issue of late is picking things up. In my fantasy world, they put toys and books and gum wrappers away as soon as they’re done. That? Major fantasy. So yesterday I tried out a...
by Amy LeForge | Feb 17, 2009 | Humor
I’m going to tease you a little bit, then send you on over to GNMParents (now ForeverParenting) to read my post. I was watching a Hannah Montana episode this weekend and had an epiphany! There’s one tool I really need to improve my effectiveness as a...
by Amy LeForge | Jan 10, 2009 | Love and Logic
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...
by Amy LeForge | Dec 23, 2008 | Thoughts from Amy
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...
