Parenting

Do you have a wild child?  I sure do!  Our middle child is by nature a wild child.  I wouldn’t necessarily call him a difficult child to parent, but it …

Does your child want to get a job? Here’s a great list of jobs for teens and tweens with no car so they can earn a few extra dollars.

Kids can struggle with self-doubt that may not relate to their actual ability. Grab these easy confidence boosters for kids so they can begin to think more positively of themselves.

No matter what your title in the house, if you are the main one to do the cooking, cleaning, and caregiving, things really suffer when you get sick!  I have …

My oldest son is 11 years old.  (I actually wrote this several years ago.  He’s 13 now.  I’m just getting around to publishing this!) We don’t have any family around …

I came across an article written a few years ago in the Washington Post about why teens and tweens should have later start times in school.

I KNOW you want this trick to stop boys from peeing on the toilet seat. It’s so simple, I wish I would have done this when potty training. Have you …

If you have more than two kids, then fighting is happening in your family. Here’s how to end the sibling war over who goes first and teach them to take …

Has your child recently started playing an instrument for school? Does the practice log drive you crazy?

I have two tween boys and I hear about sports constantly. It’s seems like we can’t have a conversation in our house that doesn’t involve some sort of comment on a “sick” catch from the last game they watched or why a quarterback didn’t throw for a hail Mary.

I’ve written several posts about tweens, chores and allowance. We’ve recently changed up our allowance system and it’s working great.

Have you noticed that as your kids get older that life gets busier? I have three kids and they are all involved with different activities and attend different schools.