When my kids do something foolish or make wrong choices, I often feel the temptation to “fix” the situation by bailing them out of their…
During lunch, our boys had an “incident.” After Edric and I had excused ourselves from the table, we left the two younger boys to finish…
Titus, who has a special attachment to marbles, wanted to bring some from our house to my parents’ place. When he asked me if he…
My two year old daughter is a charming cutie-pie who can get away with a whole lot if Edric and I don’t discipline her. She…
I am very much looking forward to uninterrupted sleep tonight! After three days of Palawan without my “home assistants” (a.k.a. Yayas), I was exhausted by…
I mean that in a very good way. He wakes me up three times a week to go running even if I hate it. There…
I am not incredibly smart. I am not an expert in all subject matter that I teach my kids, but I made a commitment when…
I never wanted to be the kind of mom that loses her temper or sounds irritable around her children. In fact, I did not even…
I was renewing my passport a couple months back and I used the time spent waiting to finish a book. It was an older…
There comes a stage or age in every child’s life when they will use whining and fussiness to get their way. After having four children,…
Over and over again I find that instilling obedience is important not just for my children’s future blessing but for their present safety and survival….
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