You know life has been really crazy around here and I think to myself “what if I didn’t work from home would the sleepless nights really be bothering me?” or “what if I worked outside of the home, how could I manage?” I wonder how do mothers and fathers who work outside of the home deal with non-sleeping children, I could not imagine being up all night with my children and crawling into the shower to go to work and actually function. I also can’t imagine loving being a Mom who loves her children so much yet desperately wants them to sleep in their own beds all night long at ages 2 & 4 so that she can work from home. Sometimes I feel bad that I want my two …
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Could Your Child be a Bully? #cyberbullying
As a parent we wish to think our child could do no wrong, but reality is our child could be just as guilty of being a bully as they have the potential of being a victim in a bullying situation. There is so much talk about bullying nowadays and when I grew up I was simply told “those girls are just jealous of you” and forced to shrug off all of the mean words I heard. As a mother, when my daughter comes home telling me someone picked on her I inform her to let a teacher know or tell someone of authority at the school because I don’t have authority during the day. I also inform her that sometimes children can say mean things but remember she is amazing …
Staying Calm During Stressful Situations
Although I am a happy type of person and usually do not get stressed out there are times when I can feel my blood pressure boiling and my heart racing. These times usually involve a situation with my four year old. My four year old has been the first child I can’t successfully figure out, it’s always another challenge with him. What gets me flustered is the aggression all day long, not every day but when he wakes up in a “mood” chances are that “mood” will be an all day thing. One thing I have noticed is that children feed off of our energy, so if we both wake up with some bad energy then that bad energy consumes us and it’s so hard to fight back to become …
Quality not Quantity
If you are a parent of multiple children, meaning more than one child, it seems you must determine the best way to share your time. It is important for every child to have time alone with their parents one on one as often as possible. Let’s get real though, life is busy and to actually have the time to spend with each child alone every day may be near possible for most of us. I used to be really good about having time with my daughter, at least once every weekend she was home. During the week is difficult because she has school and goes to her Dad’s house like two times a night overnight. Then come Fall she has soccer on top of all of that, difficult to spend …
