I've seen it all NOW! I came across a blog that was about "getting your kids to behave." At first, I thought it was a joke... but oh no, it was REAL! I'm a mother of five kids and have read a massive amount of parenting books. I was desperate when I was raising my troop of little angels who … [Read more...] about How To Get Your Kids To Behave So You Don’t Lose Your Mind
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I Have No Gifts To Bring
My sister Lisa and I concocted a plan when she was eleven, and I was fourteen. Being the older of the two, I should have been setting an excellent example for her. Instead, I was dragging her into my scheme. We had been lounging around the living room waiting for Mom to come home one December day … [Read more...] about I Have No Gifts To Bring
Trash the Daddy Movement.
My mother, Joan, was young when she became a single parent, just thirty-three years old. I was the second oldest in our family of four kids and ten years old at the time. Mom moved her children to Nova Scotia to be near her parents when she and my dad separated. We traveled the CN Rail for two days … [Read more...] about Trash the Daddy Movement.