You feel like you want to strangle your child!!! How often have we read or heard about the parent that has gone off the deep end? They’ve drowned their children, done away with child and the spouse or some such crazy act to cope with ‘the big challenge’. You know what I’m talking about. The [...]
Parental paradise looks different to different people…sort of like the definition of financial independence. It’s definition depends on the person. You are in parental paradise right now and don’t even know it! Whatever the circumstances and experiences you are going through right now, it is exactly as you have planned, maybe unconsciously, but planned. I [...]
Deep-seated hatred for Mom and/or Dad? Just a question about how you feel deep down inside about your parent(s) or how you were treated by them. Do you have a smiley face on it? The world loves to see us love our parents unconditionally and we do…except for that one little spot, maybe it’s not [...]
Pull in your Mojo! …Your ‘Universal Resource’ …That part of yourself that is the universal joint in the drive shaft that is your life. We often forget that the power that moves our lives comes from within. Some of us don’t know it’s there. We need it for raising children. If it’s scattered, pull it [...]
Pressure on your tween and teen to be sexy was in the news again in the Victoria’s Secret ads that appear to target them to buy and wear sexy lingerie! I totally agree with Erin Stewart in her article here on ‘Victoria Secret for Tweens?’ It is worrisome that our children are being targeted for [...]
In the conversation about government banning of sugary drinks to curb diabetes and death, warning labels to emphasize the death toll cigarettes take on us and the general dumbing down of America by the offerings of the media and television, let us not forget our responsibilities as parents and conscious adults to STEP IN and [...]
When I think back over what was available for me as a parent for help in raising my child, I tend to say there were very few resources but the truth of the matter is I was depressed; severely emotionally sad, dispirited, weak and withdrawn. All of the most wonderful help and advice in the [...]
Pull yourself together ~ Be Love. Be at ‘Yes and I Love You’ with EVERYone you encounter today and all the days that follow. Remember, you encounter YourSelf first and all others (including your children) are mirrors of you. Will you Be Love?
Frames of mind, like being too busy or anything that has to do with time, trip us up often because we buy into this trap we’ve set for ourselves. If we would just stop and assess our values, we can take time away from areas that are not as high a priority as attending functions [...]
Looking for good attitudes. That’s all we want. “Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.” ~Chuck Swindoll. Have your children and teens know NOW that HOW they meet disappointment influences how happy they are.
