Parenting Children

Parenting & Family Channel Posts

• Siblings
  Every day, Tony will crawl down the hallway towards our room. Every day he will stop at Jack's door and look in. Every day he will make a "Hey" noise, and wait for a response. Only on Wednesdays and [...]
• Bassinet Recall
  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has ordered retailers to stop selling bedside sleeper bassinets that have been linked to two infant deaths, according to the Washington Post. The [...]
• My Sister
      I        Will never be able to say I'm sorry for all the disagreements we had. I will never be able to say how much she meant to me. I will never be able to call [...]
• Breastfeeding may decrease risk of breast cancer
  The link between breastfeeding and a reduction in breast cancer rates isn't new, but this Seattle study shows the link between breastfeeding and a decrease in an aggressive form of breast cancer that [...]
• Bassinet Recall
  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has ordered retailers to stop selling bedside sleeper bassinets that have been linked to two infant deaths, according to the Washington Post. The [...]
• My Personal Belief on Homework
  Ok, I may take a bashing for this and there is no scientific research to back up my opinion, it is just my opinion.  I hope to get some public school teachers in on the conversation regardless [...]
• Affirmations
  Because I'm good enough, smart enough, and GOSH DARN IT, people like me! Ahem. Being as I'm not your 'normal' mother by oh so many standards, sometimes it's nice to find out you're doing something [...]
• Smaller Shoes
  I love good shoes for myself as well as my kids. A child's foot grows so fast that they need goo support, a flexible sole and one that will not leave them with blisters or red marks. I am not a [...]
• Homework? Again, I plan to get both varieties of educators in this
  The biggest complaint I hear from parents of children in public schools in my area is the amount of homework children bring home.  Now, I remember being in school, I'm old but not that [...]
• Clarifying a few issues on my "How Much Time?"
  I had a comment on the last post that showed me that I was being misunderstood.  I commented back but finally decided it was worthy of a post all its own.  Here is that post:   Wow, I [...]