Parenting

I love family traditions. So I’m here to offer my best advice on building them. Tips #1-10: Keep it simple!!! Christmas is magical all on its own. Your traditions should make the holidays better, not more stressful.

I think we’re teaching preschoolers to read the wrong way. We’re so caught up in our kids knowing their letters and sounds that we’re skipping over the pre-reading skills that are going to make our kids lifelong readers and learners. Join me up here on my soapbox, won’t you?

Welcome to a new series on the blog, where the kids and I try and out some ideas from Pinterest and see how they work out for us. We started off with “science experiments” because that’s what the kids chose and when you let kids choose, you don’t have to make decisions or take responsibility if it’s a bad idea.

In theory, I believe in letting kids create their own fun. Sometimes it even works. Most of the time, in desperation, I come up with activities that are actually too ridiculous to be called games.

At Mom Scouts, we get together, serve chocolate, and hand out badges for surviving the little things in motherhood. We wear those badges proudly so the world knows we did, in fact, accomplish something today.

I thought I knew what I was doing when I became a mom. I thought I would parent all of my children exactly the same. I thought I was a sane, reasonable person. I was wrong.

Becoming a parent can make us a bit emotional and sensitive to overused parenting cliches. We know you don’t mean any harm, but let me help you with some suggestions of things moms would love to hear.

Not only will our kids be ok if we are a “good enough” mom, they will thrive because they have a mom who has more time to be with them – listening, talking, and really getting to know them. I can 100% guarantee you that your kids would rather have a mom who gets things done “well enough” rather than one who is constantly stressed and busy trying to do everything perfectly.