Posts from ‘Parenting’
Setting an example
On the way home this evening, for the first time, I thought I’d ask my children, “What are some ways I set a good example for you today?”
I was sincerely curious to see what they had to say. This is what I heard:
“You set a good example when you let that man go ahead of us in the grocery store line.”
“You set a good example when you apologized to those people at the restaurant because we were being too loud.”
“You set a good example when you let us choose special food at the grocery store.”
It’s been two years since our family experienced the split of divorce. In the beginning it was very difficult for the children to understand what was happening, express their feelings and manage the difficulties that come with transitioning between two homes. One of the many things I did to help them was to seek out age-appropriate books on divorce.
In this short video, I feature four of the books I’ve found particularly helpful for my children.
I am now a part of the club of people who have had an EpiPen injection.
We all grew up on “regular food” and we turned out fine. Righhhht.
Except for the fact that we are incredibly obese as a nation. Life-threatening food allergies are on the rise. Our children’s hormones are out of whack. And many people connect mental health issues (ADHD and more) to diet. Then there are other health related problems influenced by diet – diabetes, heart disease, cancer, to name a few.
Listen, I was raised on Hamburger Helper and Lucky Charms. So those things seemed really normal for me feed my kids – no judgment here if those things seem normal to you, too. It was my daughter’s diagnosis of severe food allergies to egg, milk and peanuts that shocked me into reading every single label of every single food.
This YouTube video has been making the rounds in the media the last few weeks – a little girl ranting about toys and gender – even calling it out as a conspiracy!
Go Riley!
I’ve thought a lot about gender stereotyping and conforming since becoming a parent. More than anything I don’t ever want my children to feel they can’t play or have access to something because they are not the “right gender” or because it’s traditionally assigned to the opposite gender. Here’s a bit of my experience with toys and gender, with a short video of my kiddos sharing thoughts on toys they enjoy.
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