People are judgy. Doesn’t matter where you are, there’s always someone around passing judgment, especially when it comes to parenting. They always seem to know better or they’d never parent that way. But here’s the thing, it’s none of your freaking business. It’s not your kid. When Rosie was little, I made a bunch of…
This Year’s Best Parenting Tips
I’m excited to kick off the year partnering with a group of bloggers on a Best Parenting Tips series. As moms, we all share sage advice on our blog every day but we don’t always get the chance to share tips from other bloggers with our readers. I’m going to re-cap my top parenting posts of…
The Blame Game
The Blame Game. We’ve all played it. It’s when you blame others for something that’s wrong in your life or something that’s happening to your kids. It’s when it can’t be your actions or words that caused a problem/situation/dilemma or decision because it’s always someone else’s fault. It’s easier to point a finger than to look…
Guess what Mom? You can’t have a bad day.
“You know what?’ I said to my teen as I was frantically mopping up water off my wooden kitchen table. “I’m having a bad day! I’m not mad at you. I’m just frustrated.” She looked at me with big, blue sad eyes and said, “Well, you wouldn’t be having a bad day if it wasn’t…
Well yes, it IS my first rodeo
There are times when parenting is just plain hard. And confusing for both Rosie and I. She wants to be independent and I understand. But what she doesn’t get is this is my first rodeo. I’ve never parented a soon-to-be teen before and this is all new to me. And yes, I’m going to screw…
