Family Book Time
This article was sent to me by a fellow MOAT. Sometimes I think we stop reading aloud when chapters enter the picture. What a shame to miss out on meaningful family time just because a tween/teen finds it potentially “embarrassing”. I’ve noticed that...
Puzzling
Nothing like a beautiful weekend to get the kids playing. Our weather has finally dipped and is staying below 90 for good (we hope!!). Between running in an out of the house yesterday, one of the kids started to pull out a few puzzles. I’m pretty sure it was...
Attitude – It’s a Choice
We had some “attitude” discussions today – along the lines of it taking a bad experience and making it not only bearable, but quite possibly good. I overheard a certain dad sharing with a certain teen one of the great secrets of life. As he did, I...
Music to My Ears
I’m usually quick to share the “ugghh” situations, so I feel it only right to share the “aahh”. In one of the now frequent late night chats with one of my teens (conversation flood-gates open at night just about the time your entire body...
Leaning – Revisited
This is Friday’s post revisited. I needed to make sure involved parties were fine with me sharing our incident (something I normally do before posting, but didn’t last week). For those who might have read it Friday, skip to the bottom where I’ve added a bit of...
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