As you may remember from our 48 Things Kids Should Know Before they go to College, our oldest started college last year. As a parent, it’s these moments when you hold your breath and think “did we teach him the skills he needs to succeed?“ The months and years of showing him how to …
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In our home, helping the kids learn to read was what we called ‘a full contact sport’. Constant movement. Non-stop questions. Continuous encouragement (and honestly, even some arguing). It was not an easy task. Both of our kids have always loved books (as you can probably tell with the number of book lists we share) …
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This shop has been compensated by #CollectiveBias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. I’ve been in a parenting quandary lately. My oldest is a senior in high school (I know – when the hell did that happen!) And as we are doing college prep and visiting campuses, it’s really hitting me …
How many times a day do we reach for our phone when we see something awesome? Think about it – most of us never even grab a camera any longer. “Oh, I’ll just use my phone”, right? Because we always want to capture those AWESOME moments — That gorgeous Saturday afternoon visit …
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Ok, I need to tell you that if you read this post you are accepting the unwritten rules of the ‘parent code’ – and parent code says this is only between us grown-ups – you can NOT tell the kids.
Because if my kids ever really knew some of what I’m about to tell you, they would totally take advantage of it ALL THE TIME!
Have you ever done something brilliant (I mean absolutely amazing!) but you just didn’t realize it until years later?
I recently had one of those moments last month but it didn’t start as happy as it ended.
Today I need to tell you a story.
It’s all about how sometimes life can move too quickly and you may miss one of those “this is important — PAY ATTENTION” moments.
They don’t all scream out at you like that, otherwise we wouldn’t overlook them, right.
But this was a biggie — and it had an impact on my child’s health.
Anyone who’s met me, or my kids, will tell you that I’m a fairly
protective parent. Or as my kids lovingly refer to me, ‘The Fun
Police’. I didn’t plan to be this type of parent – one who monitors
what they eat, where they are and how much sleep they get. But plan or no plan, it’s happened.