by Kay | May 16, 2012 | kids & work
Summer is just around the corner. What to do … What to do…. Instead of a guest blog, the rest of the posts this week will focus on ways to fill free summer time with productivity. Productivity and creativity. Creativity and problem solving. Problem solving...
by Kay | Apr 30, 2012 | kids & work
Someone asked me the other day about the way we have financially incentivized our kids on our road to enabling-recovery. It was in a bit of a judgmental manner, slightly appalled that we would pay our kids for making their beds – a task that I agree should need...
by Kay | Mar 14, 2012 | kids & work, Laughter
My friend Ann shared with me the Mean Mom Poem. I searched for the author in order to give credit where credit is due. Maybe whoever wrote is it was just one of us. Doing her best. Loving her kids by making them pitch in and work – because she is committed to...
by Kay | Feb 6, 2012 | Heard on the Streed, kids & work
I love posting what a MOAT or DOAT (DAD of Adolescents and Teens :) sends my way. Today’s link (at the bottom) is from one of my favorite sources, the Wall Street Journal. I found this to be of particular interest especially in context of a recent conversation I...
by Kay | Dec 9, 2011 | kids & work
The other night at dinner, Jon and I met a delightful couple whose daughter is a Freshman in college finishing her Fall semester. Her folks are happy to help her with a portion of tuition and a small monthly allowance. The operative word, “small” –...
by Kay | Nov 7, 2011 | kids & work, Laughter
With Homecomings in the air, I was encouraged by a couple of MOAT kids’ approach to the high school festivity. One of them not only asked a young lady in his grade, but also paid for the entire evening out of his own stash. “How did he get the...