Sometimes my kids push me too far. They mistake my amicable mood as a sign of weakness and try to take advantage of it. That’s when I have to pull the reigns back and deliver a little reminder of who is boss. For example, over the last week or so, the kids have been coming in from school and […]
“You know what really irked me when the kids were young?” My mother in law and I were having our weekly conversation and sharing our reflections on motherhood, this morning. I always love hearing her war stories, because she is an extremely even tempered person and I cannot image her getting upset over anything that her thirteen […]
I’ve been told by several people that giving my kids an allowance to perform household chores is in essence - bribing them to do things that should be done anyway - and I’d like to get your thoughts.
The rules surrounding allowances in my house are simple. The children are rewarded with a ‘paycheck’ of sorts […]
Supernanny may rule, but Mom reigns! Lets talk guerrilla parenting, shall we?
Written by Gayla McCord [email] for b5media.
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