Holidays are very important events for children, they are HUGE. Thinking about Easter coming in March this year, I remembered being about five or six and how my family celebrated the holiday in Daytona, Florida. My dad told my older brother and me that in order for the Easter … [Read more...] about Daddy, Me and the Secret Easter Bunny Nest
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What Do You Know About Your Child?
Have you ever wondered just how well you really know your son or daughter? When they walk out the front door, whom are they meeting? Where will they go? How will they spend their time? As parents we get so wrapped up in our check-off lists that we may forget to stop and smell … [Read more...] about What Do You Know About Your Child?
Dad 101 – Ten things men should know about parenting: 10. Always make the time…
It may sound simple or it may sound terribly hard, depending on your lifestyle, but this is probably the most important advice I can give you as a father. Life has a way of getting complicated, hectic, and worse overwhelmingly busy, but nothing should ever preclude me from making … [Read more...] about Dad 101 – Ten things men should know about parenting: 10. Always make the time…
Dad 101 – Ten things men should know about parenting: 7. Let them do it too…
I am probably the most guilty party to this mistake that I know off. How did I learn as a man to fix things, do a complicated task, or for that matter the easy things that I do day in and day out? Obviously by doing them over and over again. I remember the day that I started … [Read more...] about Dad 101 – Ten things men should know about parenting: 7. Let them do it too…
Giving Children Clear Instructions
Parents make many requests of children in a day and many we don’t truly think through. When we ask children to do a chore like ‘carry the shopping bags inside’ or ‘take care of the leaves on the deck,’ it may seem so simple that we neglect to provide explicit instructions. A … [Read more...] about Giving Children Clear Instructions
Parenting viewpoints from parents in the trenches, because parenting doesn’t come with a manual. In addition to