Posts by cjam

My daughter who is 8 suddenly has so much anger inside her and explodes at the tiniest things.  For example this morning, I asked her what she wanted for breakfast, she said a breakfast burrito.  A minute later I asked her if...

My kids (6 & 7) Skype with their grandparents all the time and just finished Skyping with daddy who's on a business trip. I wouldn't let a teenager have one in her bedroom, but I see no issue with having one on the family computer.

One thing that helps me is that I commit to doing something for 10 minutes only.  I even set a timer.  After 10 minutes, I can stop if I want but usually I have some momentum going.  It helps with housework,...

My DD is 6.5.  We practice for about 10 minutes, 5 days a week give or take, in the morning after she is all ready for school.  She's a morning person, so this works well for us. 

Having a baby changed who I was.  Consequently I was a different parent to my second.  I couldn't have have parented my second exactly the same as my first unless I ignored everything that I learned with the first.  I...

The school bus drops the kids off at 3:30 and I try to keep them outside until 5:00 when they come in to do homework and I cook dinner.  They either ride bikes/scooters, play with neighbourhood kids, go for a swim in our pool, go...

My girls are 18 months apart and the first two years were challenging but now that they are 5 and 6, not a week goes by where I don't think to myself how wonderful it is that they are so close in age.  I wouldn't change it. ...

I put my kids in organized sports at 3.  I found it was an excellent way to get them exercise.  I aim for a minimum (but more is better) of one hour a day of exercise for the kids and organized sports helped to...

I don't know if my approach is right or wrong, only time will tell but I'm generally pretty straightforward with my DD4 and DD6.  I'd tell them straightout that I'm not comfortable with the way the mom speaks.  If you don't...

"Sally is welcome to come over for a playdate but I have some chores to catch up on so I won't be able to sit and chat.  Can you drop Sally off and pick her up again at 3?"