1.31.18

1/31/18||    Reminders.

1.30.18

1.30.18 ||  Sit.  and Shake.

1.29.18

1.29.18||  Class of 2025

1.28.18

1.28.18 ||  Sibling Love.....or is it two kids hunched over a screen watching a video outdoors?  I can't tell...

1.27.18

1.27.18 ||  Brotherly visits

1.26.18

1.26.18 ||Homecoming day

1.25.18

1.25.18 If there is one thing parenting has taught me it's that I can not take one single step FOR my kids.  With them, Yes. For them, no.

1.24.18

1.24.17  Ice, Ice everywhere

Remembering

1.23.18||  Remembering a beautiful soul and a life well lived.....Let all that you do be done in Love. -I Cor 16:4

1.23.18

1.23.18||  Does the whole growing up thing become more real when the first college advertising pamphlet arrives?  

1.22.18

1.22.18 || I hope you take with you always the child inside you that loves to build a snowman.

1.21.18

1.21.18 Good times at an old stomping ground,

1.20.17

1.20.18 || Namaste to 1:1 Girl time

1.19.18

1.19.18 || "It's the Drummers' job to look Cool"  -LP

1.18.18

1.18.18||  Knee deep in midterm week

1.17.18

1.17.18 Snow day "Lessons"

1.16.18

1.16.18  Hydration station

1.15.18

1.15.18  The rear view

1.14.18

1.14.18 the big games.

1.13.18

1.13.18  How to raise a successful child......internet search for all the things.....

Wake them gently each morning

Make them wake themselves by Middle School

Send them to school at age 7

Send them to School at age 5

Homeschool

Unschool

Religious School

Be kind and supportive

Let them fail

Keep an eye on their stress level

Don't be a helicopter parent

Don't overschedule

They need to be well-rounded

Don't drop off forgotten items at school

Love them unconditionally

Be involved in their school

Let them handle school themselves

put them in a school that teaches a love for learning and creative play

put them in a school that challenges with more sooner, faster and harder.

Stay home with your kids

Be a working parent

Have family dinners and lots of downtime

Get them involved in a sport or music

teach them to relax and meditate

make them do chores or get a job

Employ collaborative problem solving

Employ a strict reward/punishment system

Teach them social skills and let them handle their own problems

Watch out for bullying

Give them access to technology

Put strict limits on technology

Read to them each night

It's more important to do Math then read to them

Confused?