When was the last time kids had to wait?
It’s not easy teaching our kids patience. In a culture where we all want our kids to be happy, we don’t want to force our kids to wait. Let’s face it—when they’re young, who wants to hear them cry and [...]
It’s not easy teaching our kids patience. In a culture where we all want our kids to be happy, we don’t want to force our kids to wait. Let’s face it—when they’re young, who wants to hear them cry and [...]
I am not a fan of chores. But I do like projects. I enjoy working with my hands. Gail wrote in suggesting that I talk about how working together with our kids can be fun. That reminds me of a [...]
Today, many businesses are having trouble hiring young people who want to work. Many business owners tell me they hire young people, but they last just a few days or weeks because the work is too hard, not what they [...]
I recently heard someone who is supposedly an expert on child development that we shouldn’t tell kids they made poor choices or did something wrong. The words she said to use were, “You didn’t do anything wrong on purpose. You [...]
While pets aren’t for everyone, especially if you’re allergic, or are never home, pets can be a source of great lessons for our kids. If you’re the owner of a dog you can teach them unconditional love. Most dogs are [...]
That’s a GREAT question. Our kids are so different. Some kids come out of the womb responsible. Others need a little training. Others have to have their hands held all through school. Here’s what we did. We held their hand [...]
Have you ever been blamed by your kids for a bad decision THEY made? A friend’s daughter was a natural athlete, but didn’t work at it and eventually lost her spot. Or, another friend’s son never studied for his driver’s [...]
We live in a time where many people believe guns kill people. Unfortunately, evil people DO use guns to kill people—but they use other things, too. I’m not going to get into a gun debate with you, but I got [...]
Bandwagon marketing. Our kids use it ALL the time, don’t they? My favorite saying is, “If all of your friends jumped off a cliff, would you follow them?” Of course, that gets the eye-roll response, right? Maybe you did that [...]
Those were the words from a 10-year-old stressing about his mom having surgery that was going to incapacitate her for a while. The family of five was not only dreading the stress of surgery for the person who was not [...]