Did you read the post on Three steps to discovering and encouraging your child’s strengths and talents? Were you all in until you got to the part about gathering materials and creating space? Did your inner fear goblin grab your silly little “yes self” and shout, “You FOOL! Don’t you know where this will lead?”, […]
What happens when you encourage a daughter?
November 7, 2011 By 12 Comments
What does happen when you encourage a daughter to search for her strengths and to move forward in that direction? Some pretty incredible stuff. In learning so much this past year about what makes me tick-wheels going ka-thunk, wanting to live a life that matters, telling my story-I realized that there was so much […]
Wild Web Roundup-Parenting
November 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Welcome and thanks for stopping by our roundup today, where we have spun our way around the web to bring you some great information and resources on parenting. We are going to start today with the parent part of parenting. Yes, I’m talking to you, all of you parents, who will do anything for […]
Food for thought-strengths and talents
November 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Now that you’ve read the three steps to discovering your child’s strengths and talents, here are some books you may find enlightening, entertaining, and/or helpful. Disclaimer: I am an Amazon affiliate, so if you click through and purchase, I will earn a little bit of moolah, and for that, I thank you. Amazon.com Widgets
Three steps to discovering and encouraging your child’s strengths and talents
November 2, 2011 By 7 Comments
Do you encourage your child’s strengths or concentrate on their weaknesses? I have a confession to make. I was a mom who concentrated on the weaknesses. I may have commented on the A’s, but my eye would go right to the other grades, and ask “What happened here? What can you do to […]
Family Dynamics: Surviving young adult children who move back home
October 31, 2011 By 1 Comment
Do you have a Bambocionni, YUCKI, or a Boomerang under your roof? If you have a young adult child who has moved back home, whether an Italian Big Baby, a U.K. Young Unwittingly Costly Kid, or an American Boomerang, you do. Christina Newberry is founder of the blog The Hands-on Guide to Surviving Adult Children […]
Five minute Friday: Beyond
October 21, 2011 By 10 Comments
Once I get beyond the just too cute flowered onesies and the dirty diapers… Once I get beyond the bubble gum pink elastic waist pants and the toddler tantrums… Once I get beyond the exasperated “Mom, everyone is wearing these” too snug jeans and the peeved protests… Once I get beyond seeing my lovely […]
Wild Web Roundup
October 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Hello, hello, and welcome to our occasional taming of the web, where we capture stories in the great wilderness and bring them here for your perusal and enjoyment. ******************** First in the center ring today is from Gabriele at Radical Parenting. She writes about those recent, puzzling teen trends of planking, owling and batting. […]
Wild Web Roundup
October 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It’s time for another round up on the wild, wild web. Grab your lasso and let’s catch some good stuff! ******************** A cautionary tale about the true cost of a college education, from Zachary Freeman, a Business Finance Major at the University of TN at Chatanooga, who has written Free Money, Please, The […]
