Every year around this time articles pop up all over the place about what is referred to as the “summer slide.” Research indicates that children lose 2+ months of academic learning over summer break due to this slide. Even worse, children from low income households are the most affected by this learning loss. SOURCE As […]
Category Archives: Parenting
Entertain Your Kids This Summer Without Being Crafty
School is out, and the whining has begun. Even if you have your children enrolled in summer camps and activities, there will inevitably be times when they are with you ALL STINKING DAY. Crafting is not my thing. Every so often I find something I want to try, and my son will cooperate for about […]
Turn Your Parenting Weaknesses Into Strengths
Every single mom I know has asked herself at some point, “am I doing a good job?” Sometimes the question goes more like, “omg am I screwing up my kid?” If you have complete confidence in your parenting abilities then I suppose you can stop reading now. The rest of us will continue to read […]
How To Accept Your Child’s Diagnosis
WTH is normal, anyway? Based on conversations I have had with other moms, we all have moments where we wonder if we have done something wrong. Have the Gods cursed us? Are we bad mothers? When my son screams at me in public, or verbally threatens his kindergarten teacher I want to sink into the […]
5 Simple Rules To Improve Your Week Alone With Your Children
I can name at least 5 friends whose husbands travel for business. Some of these women work outside of the home and some stay at home. My husband occasionally travels too, so I know how hard it is to hold down the fort when you are alone with the kids. Have you ever had to […]
Brilliant Strategies To Make Your Relationship With Your Child’s Teacher More Productive
Three weeks ago my son told his kindergarten teacher he was going to punch her in the face. Yep, it’s true. My son threatened to punch his sweet, wonderful teacher, whom he loves, in the face. And he was promptly sent to the office. As he should be. [bctt tweet=”Better for the principal to […]
The Importance Of Establishing Routines For Children
As a person suffering with ADHD during my formative years, I have had to create systems to help myself function in the world. Routine and structure are essential to my functioning. I get irritable when I am out of my routine. So does my son. People with ADD/ADHD crave stimulation, so it might seem […]
Why You Should Set Boundaries In Your Parenting
Even before I started this blog I was obsessed with parenting. I read as many books as I could get my hands on while I was pregnant. Like most clueless well-intentioned first time parents, my husband and I thought we could do it all. [bctt tweet=”The other day I lost my sh-t, along with my […]
Dealing With Our Big Feelings
Dealing with our Big Feelings…and that Stupid Elf The Holiday Season is upon us. This is the season of togetherness and joy. The time of year when we give back to our community and celebrate shared traditions. And for many of us, myself included, it is the season for emotional meltdowns. Maybe it’s the […]
Comparing Apples and Oranges
If your child has ADHD, or some other exceptionality, is it fair to compare them to “normal” children? I’m gonna go off on one of my weird tangents here. I have issues. But you already knew that, right? The other night we had dinner with some friends. Watching my son play a game of Boggle […]
