If you are in a co-parenting situation I am sure you have seen what I am referring to as a part time or full time co-parent. This article is actually going to discuss more of the part time vs full time father figure. I have been amazed at the amount of fathers who are no longer with the mother of their child(ren) who are actually still very involved and could be considered a full time Dad. I remember back in the day growing up it was a given that if a couple was no longer together the mother would get custody and the father would become a part time figure in the child(ren)’s life. My parents divorced when I was around eleven years old or maybe younger, can’t recall but …
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It Wasn’t That Bad
This weekend my friend helped me move Baby K’s crib out of my bedroom and into AJ’s room, I was nervous and he’s my baby so I wasn’t quite ready to let go and allow him to be in a room away from me. My boys have always been hard for me to let go, I don’t know why. My daughter who is 7 now has always been encouraged to be independent and I have had little problems with letting her discover life and learn as she goes but for some reason I am different with my two boys. I shelter them more than I should at times, I do a lot for them when I should be allowing them to be doing things. I co-slept with my first born …
Weekly Confessions: Discipline Is Not Me
I figured a great way to allow you all to get to know me better is to have a weekly confessions post, not sure if it will be on the same day but I plan to do it weekly! This week I want to discuss the fact that I totally suck at discipline. Now mind you I watch Supernanny, I read what other parents are doing and I try to read books but overall when it comes to my two boys I totally am at a loss on what is the best method of discipline and most days I am so exhausted that I am guilty of lack of discipline to avoid a fight. My son AJ has been known to be a handful ever since the day he was …
A Child Writes Launches
A Child Writes has launched and Ki is so excited to already have been matched up with a penpal! “A Child Writes is a free, safe environment for kids to come together, be matched with online PenPals and write to one another without the need to share personal information. Members are invited to join fun, moderated online parties hosted on the A Child Writes site, which gives them the opportunity to interact with other children within the same age range. During the moderated parties the conversation will be guided on a specific topic with fun age appropriate games and prizes to win. There will never be non-moderated chats open on A Child Writes.” – taken from the website about page I signed Ki up before the launch of the website …
